Word: indirectness
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...attack on science is taking place on two fronts--one direct, the other indirect. The direct attack is an attempt to render science subjective and hence to place it on equal ground with the rest of the disciplines which have already been infected by post-modernism's ideas. The indirect attack is aimed at diverting funds from scientific research to the humanities, which are already in the clutches of post-modernism...
...individual with the power to make the final decision, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, indicated recently that he is leaning towards randomization. His decision, which is expected in a matter of weeks, could have immediate repercussions for the incoming Class of '99, as well as indirect repercussions for upperclass students who would find the demographics of their houses changing as randomized blocking groups of rising sophomores settle...
...second leading cause of death in the U.S. after tobacco smoking. Researchers put the cost of obesity at more than $100 billion annually. This includes $45.8 billion in such direct costs as hospital care and physicians' services; $33 billion in weight-reduction products and services; $18.9 billion in the indirect costs of lost output caused by death and disability; and $4.1 billion in workdays lost to obesity- related illness. Americans must change the way they think about obesity. It is no longer simply an appearance issue; it is a serious disease that warrants increased attention from the public-health community...
...ardor. Argentina, which like Mexico has an overvalued currency and carries substantial foreign debt, has watched $1.8 billion flee the country since the Mexican devaluation, despite firm promises by the government that the Argentine peso will not be devalued. Last year $11 billion flowed into Argentina in direct and indirect investment; this year the amount is expected to drop by as much as half. ``There is a crisis of confidence and some fears that Argentina might have trouble paying its debt,'' says Pablo Gerchunoff, an economist at the Instituto di Tella in Buenos Aires. ``These fears may only be partly...
...that Cavalli-Sforza's mammoth study is finally complete, it's time to start a fresh survey. Reason: new analytical techniques that in recent years have revolutionized the field of genetics. Instead of using indirect markers like blood groups, researchers can now determine the exact chemical sequences of long strands of DNA itself. Cavalli-Sforza and his colleagues believe this technology can be used to resolve questions they were ill-equipped to answer, such as the origins of the Negrito tribes in the Indian Ocean, Malayan peninsula and the Philippines. Anthropologists suspect that they are descendants of a wandering people...