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...here again, updated and expanded, a mammoth historical progress report on a language with a vocabulary, the world's largest, that grows by an estimated 450 words a year. The second edition, in 20 volumes, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II, will be officially unveiled at celebrations in London next week. It is a statistician's dream. It contains 21,728 pages and defines 616,500 words and terms, using nearly 60 million words (34% more than the first OED) to do so; it also costs...
...work among Nigerian craftsmen. Most white missionary bishops back then, Carroll recalls, "thought we were wasting time." Political independence and the increase of black clergy accelerated the process that European Christians call adaptation or inculturation, meaning the incorporation of local culture into Christianity. Today Nigeria has Africa's largest corps of artists and artisans, and Zaire probably boasts the most important assemblage of sheer talent...
...grant--the largest the Murray Center has received for at least eight years--will support ongoing research endeavors, enlarge the center's staff and increase ties between the center and undergraduates, Horner said in a written statement...
Advocates say such systems will allow computers to be linked in more useful ways without endangering security. Says Walker: "The lack of trusted computer systems is the largest impediment to the effective use of computers in the U.S. today." Until such systems are developed and put in place, computer networks will continue to be at risk -- although the threat cuts both ways. "If you believe the Soviet Union can get into our systems and change them at will," asks a former senior Government expert, "what do you think they think we can do to them?" In the hidden world...
...Jalalabad falls, can Kabul be far behind?" say the Afghans. But for the mujahedin forces, capturing Afghanistan's third largest city is proving tougher than expected. Last week the rebels confidently predicted they would take Jalalabad within a week. But after five days of fierce fighting, the Soviet-backed Kabul regime was showing no sign of surrendering. A victory for the rebels would give them an important boost in political credibility. On the other hand, if government forces can hold Jalalabad, they will deal a serious psychological blow to their enemies...