Word: rationale
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"I think Bush will go further in terms ofbringing about a rational relationship with Cuba,"he said. "The Reagan Administration started offtough, but they ended up sitting down and talking.I think this will continue.
"Pythagoras first developed the idea that the ratio between two musical pitches should be a rational number," McConnell explains. "Some people consider him to be the founder of both math and music."
In the fifth century, Pythagoras' idea of "rational intervals" between musical pitches was resurrected and profoundly influenced Western music through-out the Middle Ages, McConnell continues.
More importantly, setting aside 25 percent of the houses for random assignment will act as a blow to free choice. Students are rational, mature actors, and should be trusted to make their own decisions about where they live--the same rights adults outside Harvard have. Denying freshmen this right of...
Twenty-one months ago, an unknown Michael Dukakis ventured into Iowa to tell voters there why he should be President. Today his answer remains inchoate. The failing of his candidacy has more to do with the candidate himself than with poor strategy, inept aides, stylized debates, TV commercials or even...