Word: processing
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When we think of science as an activity, we think of a process involving the steps of observation, interpretation, formulation of an hypothesis (and a means of testing it), further observation and so forth. If successful, the end result is an expanded understanding of some principle or law governing the area under investigation. Occasionally even a new law is discovered. In this sequence it is ultimately individual scientists who make the steps, and the degree of objectivity is judged from the extent to which other scientists can repeat the process to arrive at the same conclusion or understanding...
...introductory lecture describing the program, two things stuck in my mind. One was the central objective, to develop the full potential of the individual, a reasonable goal. The other was the description of the simple, effortless technique that was supposed to accomplish this. The description of the thinking process and how transcending it could produce positive results on all levels of life was new to me, and I had little basis on which to judge its plausibility. However, the word "effortless" was especially meaningful...
Last week Attorney General Griffin Bell sought to end the debate over the FBI and close this tarnishing chapter in the bureau's history. In the process, he shook the pillars of the FBI as never before in its 70-year history by announcing the indictment of three former top officials for "conspiracy against rights of citizens." The three...
...decisions has been deeply involved in the controversy over U.S. firms operating in South Africa, and in the related but more immediate issue of Harvard's investments in those firms. When the Harvard Corporation meets today to discuss, and possibly decide, the issue, it will cap a six-month process used to arrive at this year's policy stance. Harvard's overall policy on South African investments, and the present system for formulating such policies, have evolved over the past several years, years that have often witnessed turmoil and turbulence over University investment decisions...
...present process for deciding investment policy at Harvard works like this: Four students, four alumni and four faculty members are selected through various means to serve on the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), which studies relevant information on upcoming shareholder resolutions for firms in which Harvard owns stock. The ACSR advised the Harvard Corporation on how to vote on the resolutions at the annual meetings of the companies in Harvard's investment portfolio. A subcommittee of the Corporation--the Corporation Subcommittee on Shareholder Responsibility (CSSR)--makes the final decision. The Harvard treasurer, George Putnam '49, tells...