Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...every generation may enjoy their benefits. Even the most ardent egalitarians would find it hard to object to an Einstein appearing every 50 years or a Chopin every century. It would be better still if we could be guaranteed not just an Einstein but the Einstein. If a scientific method were developed so that the man who explained general relativity in the first half of the century could be brought back to crack the secrets of naked singularities in the second, could we resist using it? And suppose the person being replicated were researching not just abstruse questions of physics...
Indeed, what concessions have the Palestinians really made? They have yet to even take the simple steps of recognizing Israel's right to exist or renouncing violence as a negotiating method. The original idea of land-for-peace has become land-for-nothing. Is this the sort of people that any state, much less Israel, would want for a neighbor...
Moreover, the cost of cloning is prohibitive. Even if we master the art of copying over favorite people, it will never be an efficient way of producing human beings. As one scientist put it, "it's far too expensive and a lot less fun than the original method...
...come to make a leap in another direction--and Deng collaborated with Liu's economic reforms. During a visit to Guangzhou, Deng declared, "It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." It was his way of arguing that any method could be tried as long as it meant the people could eat. The words would later be used against...
Recently, a more exotic method of dealing with stress has gained prominence on campus: massage...