Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...earlier excused himself for undisclosed reasons, the court on a divided 4-4 vote upheld without comment a lower court ruling that Borland did not violate copyright laws when it incorporated an almost identical menu command bar into its own Quattro spreadsheet programs because the menu is a "method of operation" which does not qualify for copyright protection. "People in the computer industry see this ruling and think that judges don't understand the industry if a lawyer can convince them this isn't an infringement," says Elmer-DeWitt. "This was a case of outright copying. Borland took the look...
Areeda was revered by generations of Harvard law students who knew him as a master of the Socratic method of teaching As Areeda put it. "Part of my mission is to do all I can to induce students to verbalize their thoughts, to put them on the table before me and 150 of their peers...
...scale is favored by many students because it is the more traditional method for ranking grades...
...Panchen Lama. Officials in Beijing were enraged, and soon thereafter, Nyima disappeared from his home village along with his parents, prompting accusations of a Chinese kidnapping. The communist government declared the Dalai Lama's choice invalid and proceeded with its own selection via the golden-urn method, which some Tibetans claim is used only when all other divinations fail...
...always been elected within the council, without the involvement of the student body. Popular elections will put students more in touch with the council. Presidential elections are always characterized by a larger voter turnout and less political apathy. With campaigns run about issues, the council has a wonderful method of determining student concerns and interests throughout the College...