Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...method the military has used to fuel international tensions has been to make what is actually a nationalist struggle appear to be a Soviet threat, Galbraith said. He cited U.S. fears of Soviet involvement in Nicaragua as such an example...
Although Gaddafi is often described as a madman, an irrational mystic who speaks in rhyme but without reason, there is a contorted yet intent philosophical underpinning to his actions and ideology. His madness has method in it--indeed, his apparent madness is a method. His very unpredictability is a way of keeping his enemies off guard. He revels when those in the West denounce him as a devil; it only confirms the righteousness of his cause...
Still, the Berkeley team was not satisfied with its hit-and-miss method of creating frost-inhibiting bacteria, and set about producing them by gene- splicing techniques. For meaningful experiments, enough of the bacteria had to be sprayed on test plants to overwhelm the natural variety. But the release into the environment of any genetically engineered microbes in those days required the nod of the National Institutes of Health recombinant-DNA committee,* which in 1983 approved the Berkeley scientists' proposal to conduct their test at a tiny potato patch near the city of Tulelake in Northern California...
...welcome alternative within the Core curriculum--a Science A class on programming and how computers work. Unfortunately, planning for the class was given low priority status by the council and no action was taken on it this year. Core planners should create a computer class and reconstruct the testing method before next year's freshmen end up in yet another spring cramming session in the Science Center basement...
...quality of feedback to students represents another opportunity for creative thought. In some cases, such as a well-run studio course in the School of Design or a good tutorial in the College, immediate feedback is built into the very method of instruction. In many instances, however, the process does not work so well...