Word: reflectivity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...textbook section of the Coop is even better than consuming a madeleine, for while Proust had only his past to reflect on, selecting courses is most decidedly oriented to the future. This simple arrangement of bookshelves tagged by little slips of paper announcing texts for Chem 10 or Soc Sci 120 or Phil 8 is, in a way, an arena of the imagination, a ball field of the mind on which are played out personal fantasies of your future self. The aisles separating the shelves are sinuous paths in a confusing maze of options, of alternatives leading to different life...
...latter particularly reflect the influence of nearby Las Vegas. The Joker's Wild offers giant slot machines that inform players of their question categories and winnings. Gambit is a variation on blackjack, while High Rollers is essentially a dice game with questions worked in. There are more celebrities -and more well known-on the L.A. shows. A huge pool of talent whose prime-time series have been canceled are glad to pick up this bargain-basement work. The computerlike electronics of the score-keeping on these shows is probably a fallout from the region's interest in space...
...telling friends that he had been under great pressure to produce positive results and had been overburdened by administrative duties. He insisted that this was the only time he had falsified data; after failing to reproduce earlier positive tests, he had felt a need to force the data to reflect the results he expected. Following the disclosure, Rhine set other staff members to work, checking the more important of Levy's earlier findings, and cautioned other psychic researchers not to rely on these data until they can be verified...
Ford reaches the presidency with a record somewhat right of center. His views reflect his solidly conservative Michigan district, but he now represents a far broader, more diverse constituency. Can he make the shift?and how hard will he try? His supporters are convinced that his temperament will permit it. Says a close associate: "He may not be the man for all seasons, but he is the man for this season...
...some cases, Ford's past voting record-which in 1972 was rated 68% by the Americans for Constitutional Action but only 6% by the Americans for Democratic Action-may reflect his desire as House minority leader to back a presidential program more than his personal legislative views. Although that record is consistently right of center, Ford is not inflexible; he candidly admits to having made mistakes. To a visitor who noted Ford's somewhat negative civil rights record, he said: "Forget the voting record. The voting record reflects Grand Rapids." Now that his constituency has grown from...