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Word: predicters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official description of the course has been the thesis and material in the field. This has been a euphemism for many years for the thesis and a certain amount of cramming for general examinations," Kramnick added. He noted that tutors "either send in an A-" or try to predict the thesis grade...

Author: By Beth Edelmann, | Title: Department to Propose No Grades for Gov 99 | 6/2/1965 | See Source »

...quest, not a set of laws, and tries to define the different logics of behavior which operate different sectors of reality (economics, International relations, etc....) Aron recognizes that the relations between sectors are the most difficult to account for; he states that science in human affairs cannot predict or guarantee the solution of conflicts...

Author: By Michael Lerner, | Title: A Compassionate View of Power | 5/18/1965 | See Source »

Although Japan sends 36% of her exports to Asia, only 1.9% goes to Red China and the U.S.S.R. combined. American diplomats who in the past have attempted officially to discourage Japanese trade with Red China now privately concede its necessity. Officials therefore predict an increase in exports to Asia in general, and to Red China in particular. "It is impossible for us to ignore our relationship with 700 million Chinese who live on the mainland," says Premier Eisaku Sato. "To be always thinking of that vast country in political rather than economic terms in dangerous...

Author: By Richard Blumenthal, | Title: Japanese Diplomacy | 5/13/1965 | See Source »

...based on observation and measurement." In this view, man himself is "merely an automaton, his fancied choice of acts an illusion," and the universe a great mechanical contraption ticking away according to a "neat set of equations." Thus, by observation, man "would be able to understand all nature and predict all the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opinion: The Limitations of Science | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

...cigarettes, and Sweden will boost the levy another 8? in July. At 73? a pack (83% of that in taxes), Sweden will still rank below Denmark, where a 90% tax makes a pack of 20 cost 88?, the world's highest price for cigarettes. Swedish officials predict from experience that the boost will bring only a brief and shallow slump in sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Trade: Tobacco's Taxing Dilemma | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

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