Word: methodic
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...pipe dream both during the semester and during reading period, in large part because it is not the objective of college to inspire such focus. The raw amount of reading, writing, problem sets we have assigned to us indicates that the emphasis in college lies on quantity and method, not quality. Rigid paper deadlines, which are an otherwise meaningless convention, illustrate this point...
...spirited New Orleans hip-hop brass band Soul Rebels. Most of the acts on River of Song, however, seem content with local renown. They display a commitment that's deeper than celebrity: for them, music isn't simply a means to acquire wealth or fame; it's a method of preserving traditions and a way of life. "We, the young generation, are the glue that keeps the culture going," says Geno Delafose, a Creole Zydeco musician who appears in the series. "If we don't continue playing the music, then it's gonna be lost...
...invasive techniques can detect blocked arteries before a heart attack occurs. In one study, scientists used an ultrafast C.T. scan and computer technology to view and monitor plaque. In the other, researchers successfully used the scan with an injectable dye to see if arteries had actually narrowed. One conventional method, the stress test, isn't always reliable; in angiograms, the other technique, a catheter must be threaded to the heart...
...brazen challenge to the scientific establishment, but Venter has a genius for making the tools of molecular biology do big things. He has decoded more genes, and faster, than anyone else in the world. He pioneered the use of automated gene sequencers. He developed the most widely used method of tagging bits of genes. And he was first to sequence the genome of an entire living organism. Nearly half the genomes that have been decoded to date were decoded...
Fasting for Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. HIS President Aamir A. Rehman '99 said that while fasting has no direct correlation to the revelation of the Koran, the practice has a basis as a method of worship in earlier religions, like Yom Kippur in Judaism...