Search Details

Word: generalization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...multiplier formula comes from analysis of data from its Emerging Infectious Program (EIP), a survey of 62 counties in 10 states across the U.S. The data from these sentinel sites are then extrapolated to the general U.S. population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the CDC's Soaring H1N1 Death Totals | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...married,” consigned to an endless series of strings-optional hook ups, or unofficial members of True Love Revolution has become so widespread that it’s practically a truism. Visit HarvardFML, and amidst a sea of complaints about Ec10, loud roommates, and general academic difficulties, you notice a trend. People are in love with TFs who are contractually obligated to rebuff their advances; people can’t hook up; people hook up too often; messages are mixed, wires are crossed, and over it all emerges the mournful wail of a generation unable to find anyone...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Who Sank The Courtship? | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize for The English Patient, poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje, delivered the fall Morris Gray Lecture yesterday to students and the general public, a break from tradition for the semi-annual lecture series’ tendency to host poets exclusively, English Department members said...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet, Novelist Delivers Speech | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

Ondaatje has also won the Governor General’s award, presented by the Governor General of Canada, for two of his published books of poetry...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet, Novelist Delivers Speech | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...workshop of the world. It isn't just about cheap labor; it's about smart labor. "Whether it's line workers or engineers, we're finding the candlepower of our employees here as good as or better than anywhere in the world," says Nick Reilly, a top executive at General Motors in Shanghai. "It all starts with the emphasis families put on the importance of education. That puts pressure on the government to deliver a decent system." (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | Next