Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus, the insistence on academic quality can be seen as a method as well as a principle. A school of excellent academic reputation would be much more likely to draw support than just another college. By emphasizing quality, Sachar could appeal to an obligation of pride...
According to the April 23 Science section, the subtle squids discharge a cloud of ink to escape enemies. Presumably the octopus and cuttlefish employ the same method of self-defense; they are not the only ones...
Three Conjectures: Soviet law (like most Western law) held that confession, unless supported by corroborative evidence, is insufficient for conviction. Vishinsky, a sharp lawyer, produced a huge law study, ostensibly aimed at "strengthening Soviet legality," actually a justification of his method of basing cases on confessions alone. The book won a Stalin Prize (200,000 rubles...
...method for determining almost exactly the minute of death has been developed by Drs. Herbert P. Lyle and Frank P. Cleveland of the Hamilton County, Ohio coroner's office. Old methods relied on stage of rigor mortis, state of putrefaction, and rectal temperature changes in the corpse. The Cincinnati doctors told the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists last week that a thin thermometer inserted into the brain will produce a series of constant readings for 24 hours following death, since heat loss in brain tissue occurs according to a predictable formula...
Ever since the Thimann Report was rejected by the Faculty in March, a report asking for abolishing non-honors concentrators in Bio-Chemical Sciences, a committee has been working on another method of tightening up the non-honors requirements in that field. It is expected to make a new proposal to the Faculty today toward tightening requirements...