Word: predictible
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...successful physicist who switched in mid-career to biology, where he won honors for his work with DNA. Sometimes, Farley believes, the energy goes awry: Belushi, a creative entertainer, sought stimulation in drugs, turning from a T-plus into a T-minus. Says Farley: "I can't predict whether the Type T will become a Dillinger or a Crick, but if you can interest them early and work with them, you can push them toward the creative." His research, he says, has practical ap plication right now. Children identified as Type Ts should not be tamped down in school...
...latter book, James debunks the motion that you can't tell anything from minor league statistics. He proves conclusively that you can predict, within a reasonable degree of accuracy, how well a rookie is going to hit in the major leagues based on his past performance...
With that kind of fluctuation, it would have taken even a better seer than Berra to predict who would and up on top, let alone the manner in which the game would be decided...
...back at criminals is growing at a time, oddly enough, when reported crime rates are declining (see chart). An important reason: the post-World War II baby boomers have moved out of their late teens, the most crime-prone age, and are now in their 20s or older. Experts predict that crime rates will continue to fall as this group ages. Harvard's Wilson thinks he has a campaign promise that every candidate can keep: "Elect me, and you will see the crime rate go down...
Women in the study were monitored for an average of 39 months after surgery, but statistical methods were used to predict their survival after five years. , Results showed that there was no advantage to having the entire breast removed. In fact, the patients who fared the best were those who had a lumpectomy plus radiation. The five-year survival rate for such patients was 85%, as opposed to 76% for women in the mastectomy group. The radiation patients also had a reduced risk of breast-tumor recurrence: only 7.7% developed another tumor in the same breast, as opposed...