Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...able to project my views more fullyonto the policy debate, get some of these thingson the table, and use my office, I can make amodest contribution toward pushing social policyin the right direction," Loury said yesterday
...National Academy of Sciences advises the government on scientific matters, and at the same time it is viewed as an honorific organization. The Academy is divided into five classes: (I) Physical and Mathematical Sciences (II) Biological Sciences (III) Engineering and Applied Sciences (IV) Medical Sciences and (V) Behavioral and Social Sciences. The inclusion of the social sciences in the NAS is a relatively recent event, dating back only to 1971. Many people do not realize that the social sciences in the NAS is a relatively recent event, dating back only to 1971. Many people do not realize that the social...
...Harvard economics professor has been named the first social scientist to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) award worth $500,000 over three years, foundation officials announced earlier this week...
...award is going to an economist for the first time, the NSF action should be seen as "recognizing the legitimacy of economics as a real science," Ubois said. "Some people think social science is an oxymoron...
...study found that the likelihood of obesity also varies among social classes and regions of the country. "The fattest kids in the United States are located in large urban areas in the Northeast," Gortmaker said. The skinniest ones live in the West...