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Word: tested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were also statistical errors in Frazier'sarticles, Scatena said. Frazier derivedpercentages from other researchers' dataincorrectly by using too large of a test group, hesaid...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Plagiarism Punishment Questioned | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

Luckily, Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker had the good sense to end the movie when it starts to wind down. It was reduced in test screenings from 105 to 85 minutes and is still a bit drawn out. Naked Gun is no epic and does not claim to be one. It's not quite Airplane!, but it still flies...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Going Great Guns | 12/2/1988 | See Source »

Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 said the plan ought to include provisions for a progress report six months or a year after its start. But Healy said it would take closer to two years to test the plan's effectiveness...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Council Questions Water Plan | 11/29/1988 | See Source »

...then drops again before menstruation occurs. In a study of 200 women, Doreen Kimura, a University of Western Ontario psychology professor, found that when levels of estrogen were high, the women showed greater verbal fluency and used their hands more skillfully than when levels were low. In one test of verbal dexterity, the women were asked to say "A box of mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time was 14 sec. on high-estrogen days, vs. 17 sec. when hormone levels were low. On the other hand, the women's spatial abilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Your Hormones Up? A study links estrogen levels with performance | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...prepared to examine everything in terms of the standards of international justice. That is an approach that Moscow officials will find difficult to oppose." After all, Gorbachev has often called for a Soviet state governed by law. He can hardly fault the Estonians for putting that principle to the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Estonia | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

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