Word: formalisms
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...often that a mere flash of insight - as opposed to a formal, controlled study - commands much space in a medical journal, and Purpura and Mehler readily concede that a good deal of empiricism will have to be applied to their theory before it can become anything more than that. Still, they're convinced that the idea deserves attention. If the locus coeruleus is indeed malfunctioning in autism, the problem could involve hundreds or even thousands of genes. The researchers are careful to avoid the shooting war over what damaged those genes, suggesting that environment and toxic chemicals - but not vaccines...
...arrested Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman in a counterinsurgency war that saw more than 70,000 Peruvians disappeared or killed between 1990 and 2000. Fujimori scored social triumphs as well, including granting land titles to urban squatters that made hundreds of thousands of Peruvians homeowners and participants in the formal economy...
...addition, Faust touched upon the University’s year-old Common Space Initiative, which aims to increase the number of venues where both formal and informal gatherings can take place...
...wise rabbit had a reminder both for in-house formal defenders and those ready to give HoCo a good pre-formal flogging: “Guys, it is just a dance.” Sure. You can say that again. A dance that’ll take place in a musky library instead of 52 stories above the city...
...about hygiene,” said Dennis Hanno, dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College. “We’ve also been very proactive in encouraging students to stay on campus. We’ve cancelled all athletic events up until Thursday to minimize our formal interactions between other campuses.” And with the virus’ diminishing presence at Babson, the attention now shifts to other Boston area colleges and what needs to be done to prevent a similar campus outbreak. In Harvard’s case, administrative officials echoed Hanno?...