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...hear a ghostly theremin whistling in our inner ear. So a warning: don't infer too much from the connection of cults and culture. For most folks, The X-Files is not the Bible, it's a bedtime story. Only 39 people chose to rev the once-upon-a-mind of sci-fi into revelation; only 39 took their jumble of theological and televisionary lore to beds from which they never awoke. At least, we think they didn't hitch a ride on that UFO. Unless...maybe...
...have faith that they constructed the survey well and with careful thought," the student said. "You never know whether they have psychological evaluation or statistical runs through the questions. They'll be able to infer a lot about it, I'm certain...
Nowhere in his report does Rudenstine allow that diversity might pose a problem for excellence. A reader would have to infer that possibility from Rudenstine's avoidance of it. In his thinking, the goal of diversity is on a par with excellence or above it. He says that "the need to sustain rigorous academic standards is clear." But he adds that "the more difficult and genuine challenge" is to secure diversity...
...white Bronco parked outside his estate at the time the prosecution says the knifings were committed two miles away. The driver also testified that he saw Simpson with one of his bags perched atop an airport trash can, which is where the prosecution apparently hopes the jury will infer that Simpson could have disposed of the murder weapon and other evidence...
...planning. More recently the law has carved out a further exception for sexual assault, spousal murder and child molestation by bringing forward evidence that a pattern of past offenses in those areas is an especially good indicator of guilt. That reasoning exasperates some legal thinkers. "You can't infer murder from abuse," insists Columbia University law professor George Fletcher. "Homicide may imply abuse, but abuse does not imply homicide." All the same, the crime bill that was recently passed by Congress allows prior behavior to be used as evidence in the small number of sexual-assault and child-molestation cases...