Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...World War II, he is the only civilian political leader in this quartet. He is also the only loser. If we study Hitler, why not Napoleon instead of Wellington? Conversely, the modern analogue to Wellington is not Hitler but Dwight Eisenhower. But Keegan is following a somewhat unorthodox method, not deriving a theory from his examples but choosing his examples to illustrate a thesis...
...findings are accurate, ideas about atmospheric evolution might have to be revised. The two admit the results "are still very preliminary," but they insist the method is sound...
Cambridge uses the Hare proportional representation system, a method touted by John Stuart Mill as a means of enlarging "the marketplace of ideas" by ensuring minority representation...
...Parameswaran, 57, president of First Asian Securities, a tiny New York City brokerage, earned a $13,750 profit last Monday using the same method as Cafazza: put options. Parameswaran made such a gamble on 5,000 shares of National Semiconductor, a Santa Clara, Calif., electronics company, which zoomed in value from 25 cents to $3 a share as the stock price of the firm tumbled 2 1/4 points on Monday, closing at 15. "I could have waited and got $4.25 per share for the options," Parameswaran said, "but I was not greedy...
...edging downward (from 13.9% in 1978 to 12.4% last year). One type of means test would cut off benefits for recipients above a certain income level. "There's a big distinction between entitlements for poor people and entitlements for everybody," says Ruben Mettler, chairman of TRW. Another suggested method to get entitlement costs under control would be to reduce the cost-of-living adjustment from 100% of the consumer price index...