Word: gradualism
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...idea that evolution consists of a sort of generation-by-generation fine-tuning in each population as time passes. Under the benign guidance of natural selection (the name we give to any and all factors that promote or inhibit successful reproduction by members of those populations), this process of gradual change inexorably leads to improvement in the species and ultimately to new species as those improvements accumulate...
...current level of growth, which is at the gaudy 5 percent-plus level, and needs to be nudged back down to about 3.5 percent. There is, however, a considerable contingent on the Street that wishes Greenspan would deliver the lumps all at once. While Greenspan argues that the gradual approach will allow for a "soft landing" at a sustainable economic growth rate, this group believes that the gradual rate increases are being ignored by the public - a state of affairs that could eventually result in a mass loss of confidence when the market wakes up and sees the impending effects...
...help combat global warming. "Twenty years ago there was a lot more emphasis on fuel efficiency in the automobile industry," says Dowell. "Now everybody's driving gas-guzzling trucks. While the government doesn't want the sort of sharp increases we've seen over the past month, a gradual increase in the price of gasoline may suit its environmental goals...
...tiling, new decor and a new servery await the Winthrop House dining hall next year as part of Dining Services' gradual makeover. But with 24-hour access and plenty of extra food, the dining hall is already the House's social center...
...Crimson (3-4) continued its gradual rise to prominence this weekend, going 2-1 in the New England Invitational at Brown University this weekend...