Word: modelling
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...police could not make an arrest without actually witnessing violence or seeing compelling physical evidence of abuse. Nowadays such requirements are being eased. In Michigan, for example, a law allowing police to arrest batterers for misdemeanor assaults on grounds of "probable cause" was passed in 1978 and became a model for other states. In Massachusetts, women can walk into any court and receive an immediate emergency restraining order against an abusive husband...
...recoup, Osborne has designed a version of its new Executive model that will run IBM programs. But getting the machine to market has not been easy. When news of the Executive leaked last spring, sales of the firm's original machine, the Osborne 1, slowed even as the company was dropping the price from $1,795 to $1,295, and profits evaporated. With the IBM-compatible Executive now due in November, the ever confident Osborne says, "It's such a fast-moving business that in two months you can be flying as high as ever." Others wonder whether...
Bond's chief designer is Ben Lexcen, 47, who as a youngster in the small town of Boggabri in eastern Australia built such superior model racing sailboats that he had to give some away to keep his friends interested in competing. He gives nothing away now. Lexcen spent months in The Netherlands tank-testing eight different 25-ft. model hulls in secrecy to prevent the Americans from learning about his new keel. Indeed, reports surfaced last week that the Americans tried unsuccessfully to get the Dutch to reveal details of the design. Lexcen snaps: "They would flash...
...could cause such a dramatic change. Why does cancer take years or even decades to develop if it is caused by such a simple and direct process? In last week's issue of the British journal Nature, three research teams answered those questions by setting forth a new model for understanding the role of oncogenes in cancer...
...running back for L.S.U.; to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, the maximum penalty, after he pleaded guilty to involvement in a massive counterfeiting scheme; in Baton Rouge. A successful Baton Rouge orthodontist after he retired from football in 1970, Cannon appeared to be a model citizen until federal investigators in July traced a staggering $6 million in bogus $100 bills...