Word: scientistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strobel admits that his frustration with the maze of federal rules and the often lengthy EPA approval process led him to start the elm test last June. Geneticist Duane Jeffery of Brigham Young University likens Strobel's actions to Oliver North's, contending that the scientist knew the rules and pulled the idealistic stunt "in the name of service to humanity." Strobel is a recognized expert on plant pathogens who once wrote that his career choice "was brought on by a desire as a teenager to understand why the chestnut trees had died in my home state of Ohio...
...Conversational Desktop is a voice-controlled computer system that acts like an automatic receptionist, personal secretary and travel agent -- screening calls, taking messages, making airline reservations. "Get me two seats to the Bahamas," says Research Scientist Chris Schmandt to his computer. "When do you want to go?" replies the machine...
...articles in this month's Atlantic argued these points. Yale political scientist Paul Kennedy wrote an article suggesting that America's strategy and overseas commitments had overreached her resources. Then followed a piece by foreign affairs expert James Chase, entitled "Ike Was Right," arguing that we should withdraw our troops from West Germany and allow the Europeans to take care of themselves...
...ages 16 to 24 dropped from 37 million in 1980 to 34 million in 1986. While the economy has grown at a 3% rate since July 1986, the number of young people in the summer labor force has stayed the same: about 26 million. Says Louis Masotti, a political scientist at Northwestern University: "What we have is a burgeoning service economy that has walked right into the face of a declining demography...
Experts warn that such grandiose projects involve heavy risks. "Without doubt, a high-tech military industry can generate economic growth," says Stephanie Neuman, a Columbia University political scientist. "But a nation must not only want to invest. It must be able to afford it as well...