Word: importantally
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Reports that greed is dead are greatly exaggerated, according to a nationwide survey of college freshmen. Seventy-six percent of 210,000 students declared that being financially well off is an "essential" or "very important goal" in their lives. Just 39% placed a premium on creating a "meaningful philosophy of...
While both types of recorder are fairly simple to use, there are differences in the technology. Most important, tapes for one machine cannot be played on the other kind; the VHS cassettes are larger. Proponents of the Betamax format insisted all along that its picture quality was superior to what...
Television gets high marks for inclusiveness, with few notable omissions (cable gets short shrift, and commercials are mentioned only in passing). Organization, however, is a problem; too often it seems arbitrary or wrongheaded. An episode about TV drama contains no mention of Roots, the highest-rated mini-series in history...
If the discovery is confirmed, it will be one of the most important in the history of astronomy. These galaxies will provide a missing evolutionary step between the big bang, when the universe began, and the mature cosmos that is observable today. Though there is no final proof yet, many...
Even before the first 1988 primary vote, there is talk about the need for further change. Surprisingly, some Iowans also sense a new turn of the wheel. Says George Wittgraf, director of the Bush Iowa campaign: "This is too much weight to be on the shoulders of one state. I...