Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Scientific advances do not always perform as promised. The reliability of some supposed wonders, including lie detectors, voice-print machines and hypnosis, are so in doubt that many courts will not hear the resulting evidence. But more, not less, scientific evidence is likely in the future. With the help of an ion chromatograph, FBI technicians are starting to determine not only the type but even the manufacturer of explosive substances. Lasers are enabling experts to lift fingerprints from difficult surfaces like cloth and even the human body. Kansas City's Howell believes that the coming years will...
...local chapter of the fraternity has been penalized by a two-year suspension, and it has promised to perform "educational and community service designed to improve their understanding of minority cultures." Service said yesterday...
...School Admissions Test (LSAT), to be administered in its new form for the first time in June, has been revised to predict more closely how a student will perform in law school, but an official at the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) said Thursday the alterations were not made specifically to counter charges of cultural bias in the test...
...educational obstacles he has overcome. The membership committee will now strive to choose a crop of incoming editors that "significantly represents historically underrepresented groups in the student body "But at the same time, the Review has warned the committee, it should choose only those applicants who "can adequately perform Review work" and only minority applicants with grades "close to" those of other students. Many professors appreciate those new caveats...
...tumor along with the turner itself, leaving a large gap that must be covered with a short graft. The report recommends cutting out much smaller amounts of skin around the turn or. The smaller hole can be closed with side to side seizure, which is simpler to perform and leaves considerably less scarring than a skin graft...