Word: rigorousity
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And she did, even though she was on one of the most rigorous of the more than 140 Earthwatch research projects this year. The Earthwatch Institute, based in Watertown, Mass., is a pioneer in enlisting volunteer workers to assist scientists on projects from deserts to ocean floors. This year 720...
Harvard's tenure system, considered by many to be the most rigorous in the country, doesn't allow for clerical errors.
In 1995, Nichols' company finally began testing FGN-1 on humans. In a trial of 18 patients with FAP, 12 showed substantial improvement. One patient, who was developing about 100 polyps a year, had no polyps at all while on the drug. This led to another, larger double-blind study...
So China's communist leaders are coming, inelegantly, to terms with the problems that religion presents. The mindless faith of the believer terrifies them. They have seen what it can do. And somewhere in their souls, men like Fu still believe in the ultimate triumph of atheism. This is, after...
Any group attempting to write a widely accepted set of standards faces a rough task. Standards must be rigorous enough to satisfy pressure groups, yet realistic enough for corporations to find them affordable and achievable. Moreover, the canons are proliferating, and will soon begin to clash with one another. The...