Word: reflective
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...journalists to beat their chests over the state of American culture--the world of Rikki Lake, the National Enquirer, and other media outlets we pretend we don't watch or read in Cambridge--but the editors of The Crimson might take a moment's pause in order to reflect on their own journalistic policies: why did you pass up the opportunity to cover something very positive that many students had important roles in accomplishing in order to hype a non-story? --Steve Mitchell Eliot House Co-Master
...researchers concluded that higher mortality rates in areas of income inequality may reflect societal conditions in those areas...
...effects of income inequality on health may reflect a breakdown of social cohesion, leading to increased levels of stress and frustration," Kennedy said. "Societies that tolerate large income inequalities may also underinvest in education and health care for the less well...
...tempting to assume Japan's domestic troubles have given the U.S. an edge, but those difficulties do not reflect the performance of many Japanese companies that manufacture overseas; they remain strong. And while Japan is doing poorly in some areas, such as financial services and software, it is doing well in others--for example, cars and electronic hardware. It is best to see the competition between the U.S. and Japan in terms of relative attributes, not absolute victory or defeat. Several recent studies suggest the U.S. outperforms Japan when the pace of product development is fast but the Japanese...
...alone for 24 hours, would they initiate and carry on a meaningful conversation? What would they talk about? Would they need a translator? Are computers able to scheme and then justify their scheming? If computers acquire a brain or a mind, might they develop a psychosis? I shudder to reflect that computer creators will someday develop both good-think and bad-think machines that will go to war, imitating their human creators. ALAN RICHES Halifax, Nova Scotia...