Word: gradualism
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...most powerful argument for God's existence from the physical world was the so-called argument from design: Living things are so beautiful and elegant and so apparently purposeful, they could only have been made by an intelligent designer. But Darwin provided a simpler explanation. His way is a gradual, incremental improvement starting from very simple beginnings and working up step by tiny incremental step to more complexity, more elegance, more adaptive perfection. Each step is not too improbable for us to countenance, but when you add them up cumulatively over millions of years, you get these monsters of improbability...
...HOLESo, if they won’t hold elections and they don’t trust polling, how is the HCC going to regain the trust of the student population?In their minds, less is more. The organization has started to focus on smaller, more varied events, and gradual changes in its organizational structure.Their main initiatives have been three new campus performance events, aesthetic upgrades like a new Web site, and a newly-conceived comp process.Epstein praises the new events. “The introduction of Comedy for a Cause, Harvard Live, and Yardfest are an attempt at diversification...
Hearing loss is gradual, and it may take up to 10 years to finally set in, according to researchers. But this means teenagers and college students blasting music now may be at risk of developing hearing loss at a relatively young age, Portnuff said...
However, it is unclear whether Scarpetta could have saved Cornwell’s latest work, “At Risk.” The short novella, which was originally a 15-part serialization in The New York Times Magazine, can be seen as the culmination of the gradual shift away from the “Postmortem” standard. Cornwell is the finest crime writer of her generation, but the crime is an afterthought in “At Risk.” An old woman was murdered a long time ago in Tennessee, but the mystery is easily solved...
...candidates also clashed over whether or not to rollback the state income tax to five percent from its current 5.3. Reilly strongly advocated the rollback and Gabrieli advocated a gradual rollback with state revenues permitting, but Patrick opposed the reduction on the grounds that it would force cities to raise property taxes...