Word: scientistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, the department recommended that Columbia Professor Alfred Stepan be appointed to the Gutman chair in Latin American Studies, but members say Bok overturned the decision because Stepan was more of a political scientist than a sociologist...
...former article, Koch relies on the hackneyed deterrence argument--the unproven assertion that unwavering and well-publicized punishment for homicide will reduce its incidence. Though Koch's standpoint is that of the politician cum social scientist, he fails to refer to any studies to prove his most fundamental point--perhaps underscoring the ambiguous nature of such data...
...Western Europe. It has long been Moscow's design to split the NATO alliance by persuading European voters that the Soviet Union is essentially reasonable. But other Kremlinologists take a more sanguine view of the Shcharansky swap. "It alerts us that Gorbachev means business," says Princeton University Political Scientist Stephen Cohen. "He wants to remove certain roadblocks to U.S.-Soviet relations." Whatever the Soviets' real agenda, the announced swap will at least free Shcharansky from the horrors of the gulag. In the cold world of superpower diplomacy, that is no small achievement...
...less than a Sony of the same size. Says he: "I had no idea it was Korean when I bought it. It's good stuff." Though some consumers are wary of the quality of Korean imports, many others are impressed by the manufacturing standards. Jaclyn Jerabek, a research scientist at Columbus-based Battelle Memorial Institute, owns a Korean-made personal computer. Says she: "I made a good choice. I would go out right now and buy another...
Other conclusions from Voyager's findings, according to Project Scientist Edward Stone: Uranus has a core consisting of rock and liquid, is covered by a deep ocean of water laced with dissolved ammonia, and is wrapped in a 5,000- mile-thick atmosphere consisting largely of hydrogen, with 10% to 16% helium and a scattering of methane and other gases...