Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much of the world, Scandinavia, rather than the U.S., represents the ideal of an economic Utopia. Sweden has the world's second highest per capita income; Denmark, Norway and Finland also rank high. All four are free of slums, hunger and extreme poverty. All enjoy steady economic growth combined with full employment. By contrast, the U.S. is beset by labor unrest, rising unemployment and slow growth. How do the Scandinavians do so much better...
...nurse who screened me took my blood pressure and then my pulse, which was racing about at 112 beats per minute. She told me that she would complete the screening but would have to "defer" me unless my pulse fell below 100. Meanwhile. a guy with a slow pulse stood up and started doing jumping jacks. My nurse took blood from my car and dropped it into copper sulfate to see whether I was anemic. Then she asked me 30 questions, including "Have you been exposed to malaria?" When I said I was unsure she told me people...
Several subcommittee members seem to have had a definite stake in opting for the Project Chairman Brooks is dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics. which receives over 60 per cent of its research money from the Defense Department. Members of both the Psychology Department and the Center for the Behavioral Sciences-headed by subcommittee members Richard J. Herrnstein and Edward L. Pattntlo. respectively-are applying to the Cambridge Project for funding...
...animals; if we show the sub-text of an object with something which is non-specific, we show the inner reality of a scene by playing against its superficial level. All scenes on stage are like icebergs, and when one prepares for them one discovers, hopefully, the 90 per cent that is submerged...
...theatre today that top 10 per cent is no longer very interesting because you can see it closer up in films. What we are trying to show is part of the other 90 per cent by these distortions and exaggerations...