Word: methods
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...consorcio lottery method for financing cars [July 21] may be "typical of Brazilian ingenuity and flair," but its origins are in the Old World. Although such rotating credit associations are known widely in Asia, Africa, and now in Latin America and the West Indies, the most likely source of the Brazilians' consorcio is the esusu of the Yoruba of Nigeria. Whether it was originally introduced to the New World by Africans, Chinese or East Indians, this popular method of saving is now known as boxi money in Guyana, meeting in Barbados, partners in Jamaica, esu in the Bahamas...
...protests of powerful industries which feel the lower tariffs will bring disastrously stiff competition. The strongest reaction to the Round has come from the thriving chemical industry. At the negotiations, the American team made a tentative agreement, subject to approval of Congress, to eliminate the American Selling Price (ASP) method of evaluating certain chemicals (mostly dyes and pigments). The chemical industry considers this a life-and-death matter and is feverishly lobbying to defeat the legislation to repeal...
...been distorted for years without Congressional action is not an encouraging sign for reform now. It demonstrates the extent to which vested interests and traditional forces exert control over the nation's lawmakers. In some minor area, however, reforms are making progress. The President's proposal to change the method of taxing the elderly has been submitted as part of the Social Security amendments. It does not alter the revenue cost of the program, but merely redirects the relief in a uniform manner towards those who need it most--the poorest, who get the highest tax exemption, while the richest...
Arabic Television. Throughout the new territories, Israel has begun a multi-pronged program of education in coexistence. The lessons are all oral or visual, since the Israelis have found that the written word is not effective among the Arabs. One method involves meetings over coffee between Arab notables and local Israeli officials; another calls for loading Arab leaders aboard buses for tours through Israel to see rural and urban development. A typical stop is the 36-story Shalom Tower skyscraper, where the Arabs can see unmistakable refutation of Cairo Radio's claim that Tel Aviv lies in ruins. Visits...
Last year, Walker and another colleague discovered what may prove to be an even more sensitive dating method-the measurement of alpha-particle tracks. Uranium nuclei frequently emit an alpha particle. As the particle is expelled, the nucleus recoils. Walker reasoned that "recoil tracks would be there, so I looked for them." He discovered that observable recoil tracks occurred 4,000 times more than fission tracks. When acid etching and track counting are perfected for alpha particles, the method should provide a means of dating infinitesimally small objects and those too young to have accumulated measurable amounts of fission tracks...