Word: scientistic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gathered group of two writers, an artist, an economist, a scientist and an historian praised Harvard for the flexibility of its graduate program at the symposium "Tradition and Innovation: The Realms of Scholarship...
...scientist revealed that the German Government had been conducting "extensive tests over a period of two years" which "have proven that the food value of the raw sugar (obtained from the sawdust) is equivalent to that of barley." The substance so obtained, he added, could be stored for a long time...
While the surging glacier may bring disaster to Yakutat, it provides a rare opportunity for scientists to study a major geophysical event. Mayo sympathizes with the villagers yet can scarcely contain his excitement. "This is probably the largest natural alteration in oceans, glaciers, lakes and rivers to occur in our lifetimes," he says, and it offers "unprecedented opportunities" for research. The villagers do not share his enthusiasm. Says Yakutat Grocer and Planning Official Caroline Powell: "We are people, not some scientist's experiment or opportunity. Everyone seems content to watch this happen, and if they feel sympathy...
Some Western experts thought the report downplayed the shortcomings of Soviet equipment. "The accident was mainly due to human error, but the | reactor itself is a very old-fashioned type," said Rudolf Schulten, a West German nuclear scientist. "The safety philosophy of this reactor would never be accepted today by any country in the Western world...
Oops! The two life forms have fused. "I'm the offspring of Brundle and housefly," he notes ruefully. "I'm becoming Brundlefly!" And as his grotesque flyness asserts itself, his humanity struggles to understand and fight the metamorphosis. What remains of Seth the scientist is all too aware of the monster he is turning into: an efficient killer with "no compassion, no compromise." At times he can be wildly ironic, as when he meticulously preserves in his bathroom the teeth, fingernails and ear that have molted, and then jokes that "the medicine cabinet's now the Brundle Museum of Natural...