Word: nairn
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...enough to decrease it. Last week, at an international conference on "The Determination of Behavior by Chemical Stimuli," a pair of biologists reported findings suggesting that any tedious diet helps weight loss. If it were possible to eat one food all the time, according to Israeli Nutritional Biochemist Michael Nairn, all but the genetically obese would quickly shed pounds...
...late 1960s, BIW began running into two enemies that were worse than anything its warships had encountered on the open seas: poor management and inflation. A holding company called Bath Industries was formed, and in 196 it merged with Congoleum-Nairn, a firm that makes tiles, wall decorations an other surface coverings. Inflation began taking a severe toll in the recession year of 1974. BIW's fixed-price contracts did not allow for rapidly rising costs, and losses mounted sharply. On top of a $10 mllion run of red ink, BIW lost major defense contracts in the early 1970s...
Much of the criticism of ETS is not without statistical base. For example, ETS studies have shown a direct correlation between a person's family income and his SAT scores. As average family income increases, test scores rise proportionately. Many such as Alan Nairn, head of the Nader study group, claim this is direct evidence of an economic bias in the tests. The Nairn-Nader study says ETS statistics show SATs are not a very accurate predictor of a student's first year grades. "Ninety per cent of the time, tests predict a student's first year grades no more...