Word: powerfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hawking first articulated the conundrum of cosmology, explaining that it is merely a "pseudo-science" because it has no predictive power. Based on current observations, cosmology uses equations to extrapolate back into the past...
Junior Jeff Bridich, who made the jump from JV ball after last season, made the most of his at-bats and scrapped a starting left field/designated hitter job, and hit .319 with three home runs and 23 RBI, good for Second-Team All-Ivy. Bridich showcased his power by blasting a home run over the Green Monster in a Beanpot semifinal loss to UMass, and his versatility by contributing at catcher and in left field...
...doctors alerted Tomassoni that senior defenseman Ben Storey had contracted mononucleosis. Storey's absence from the lineup dealt a crushing blow to the team's transition game. As the team's lone true rushing defenseman, he was counted on to set up the attack--especially on the power play...
Pinker told the audience about his research which shows that both memory and grammatical rules contribute to the expressive power of language. While his references to arcane events in grammatical history, such as the "Great Vowel Shift of the 15th Century," might have been lost on the audience, many students praised the professor for his incisive comments and analysis...
...Language comes so easily to us, we tend to forget how complex it is," Pinker said. He analyzed in detail the reasons that irregular verbs exist and the differences between English and other languages in an attempt to explain the origins of the "vast expressive power of language...