Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roots movement may soon force the Government's hand. NCI'S acting director. Dr. Guy Newell, has already indicated that his agency may, in spite of the absence of any positive animal data - a prerequisite in the case of all other purported anticancer drugs - undertake a clinical test of Lae trile on humans, something it has steadfastly refused...
...could also fan the already widespread public suspicion of contemporary medicine and indeed of scientific expertise generally. However justified such suspicions may occasionally be, the notion of setting lay judgment and emotions against the best advice of science raises disturbing questions. Above all, the benefits of a public test must be weighed against the dangers of false hopes raised and sound treatments ignored...
...most valuable learning experiences for both teachers and students come from courses that can withstand the test of student interest. Requirements can force students to take courses that they will not like and may not learn from. Courses that naturally attract students' interest and attention will provide a far more meaningful experience...
After arriving in Peru, Rosalynn met privately with President Francisco Morales Bermúdez for almost three hours. She gently attempted to persuade her new hosts to slow the pace of the military buildup that had alarmed the Ecuadorians. This week she faces her sternest test-a three-day visit to Brazil, where the military dictatorship was outraged first by her husband's opposition to its plans to buy nuclear-fuel facilities from West Germany, and then by a State Department report citing human rights violations in Brazil...
...made campaign appearances last week over the air waves of the state-run television network, which had been created as an instrument of the Franco dictatorship. Across the country, nearly 6,000 candidates, vying for 557 parliamentary seats in the June 15 national election, took to the hustings to test the political preferences of people who for almost two generations had been taught not to choose but to obey...