Search Details

Word: tested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...other side of the field, a group of San Diego civil libertarians who call themselves Question Authority have put together a three-minute telephone tape offering advice on how to disguise drug traces in urine. "Two large tablespoons of bleach (poured into a urine sample) will help beat the test," a woman tells callers. "Remember . . . you've got the Constitution on your side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drug Abuse: Testing the Waters | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...School study group, which consists of professors, doctors, researchers and policy makers, was formed in response to AIDS hysteria and the random solutions of quarantine and testing it provoked. The group is researching methods of screening for AIDS without violating civil liberties, says Jonathan H. Mermin '87-'88, a student who is taking this year off to initiate the study group. "The group is dealing with questions of accuracy, who to test and the political and social effects of tests," he says...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: A Different Brandt of Academic | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

Newly elected council member Marcus Q. Mitchell '89 of North House was placed on disciplinary probation last spring by the Ad Board, after he and seven other freshmen interrupted the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR) computer test...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Prankster's Council Seat Revoked by Ad Board | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

Mitchell and his fellow pranksters programmed the printer in the Science Center to print out, "This computer test sucks" continuously. The prank, for which seven of the eight freshman were originally required to withdraw, interrupted hundreds of freshmen who were waiting to pass the QRR test...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Prankster's Council Seat Revoked by Ad Board | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

...about $200 million last year. Consulting firms can earn fees of up to $500,000 and, in rare instances, $1 million for suggesting a new name, logo and packaging. It typically takes a consultant between six and eight weeks to come up with a new name, which is usually test marketed before it is adopted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pros Who Play the Name Game | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

Previous | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | Next