Word: reconstruction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...court judged neither the text-books, nor the coherence of the convictions from which the fundamentalists' argued--only the "sincerity" of their beliefs. In any normal case, say a murder trial, evidence is presented to reconstruct what happened outside the court and who was in the wrong. The deciding factor in the textbook case, however, was not a comparison of textbook content and a system of belief like Christianity or creationism, but a judgment of the authenticity of whatever the plaintiff chose to present. That is, the evidence was the proceeding itself...
...letter to Woodlock a week ago, Ryan saidBusiness School staff had undertaken "anexhaustive search in an attempt to reconstruct themissing files insofar as possible." In courtyesterday, he told the judge that Harvard would beable to recreate "the essence" of the originaldocuments...
Disagreement has also arisen over theUniversity's ability to replace the papers. WhileMichaelson says that Harvard will be able to"reconstruct" the necessary files from otherdocuments, Lawson says he may have to speakdirectly to members of the Business School tenurecommittee...
...instead of subatomic particles; when the molecules collide at about the speed of sound, they react to form new molecules, which spray in different directions. By looking at what new molecules have been formed, where they end up and what kind of energy is emitted or absorbed, chemists can reconstruct what happened in individual reactions...
...subcommittee proposed a welcome alternative within the Core curriculum--a Science A class on programming and how computers work. Unfortunately, planning for the class was given low priority status by the council and no action was taken on it this year. Core planners should create a computer class and reconstruct the testing method before next year's freshmen end up in yet another spring cramming session in the Science Center basement...