Word: rationale
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On the face of it, this seems to be a rational and satisfactory solution. The University will function as scheduled without hindering Jews in the performance of their religious duties. However, upon closer examination, this solution becomes problematic.
Former Los Angeles Detective Robert Haider, who led the investigation of the Tate murder case, says of Fromme: "The girl must've been on at least 1,000 acid trips in her life. It just was not possible to hold a rational conversation with her." Still other people note...
But then there are the utterly impoverished nations-countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Chad and Haiti. These constitute what is now being called the "Fourth World": countries with burgeoning populations, few natural resources and an undeveloped industrial base. According to World Bank President Robert McNamara, who will issue a...
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION depicts a world safely ruled by reason. a world where knowledge and order prevail over the alien and the unknowable. The most trivial-seeming remarks in this catalogue suggest the existence of a firm underlying logic. A note appended to a course in art history--"Enrollment: Limited...
Even the language of this book, like that of Rules Relating, is most rational when it seems most unreal. A course entitled "Sound and Light: Mass Telecommunications as an Avenue to Civilized Society" has this note following its description: