Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...role of perspective in establishing identity, he probably overestimates the general appeal of these insights. And when he rejoices over the spirit of gamesmanship that went into the founding of America and the Constitution, and goes on to praise the "leeway" that American society has allowed for people to test their psycho-social potential, in his excitement he seems to ignore the fact that American society has also deprived whole classes and races of the fundamental hope and stability needed to foster a sense of playfulness and to take advantage of social "leeway...
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...tremendous," said Peres about the bargaining. "The most important thing is not to lose your nerve. In this sort of thing you are suddenly surrounded by conflicting forces and tension, nervousness-some of your friends are terribly worried and some of your opponents terribly bitter. It is basically a test for your nerves." To his listeners, the Peres formula for dealing with political adversaries also sounded like a blueprint for future peace negotiatons with the Arabs...
...taken in the conquest of a disease so frightening that it is enshrined in the old Lingala curse "Owa na ntolo " (May you die of sleeping sickness). At Nairobi's International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), a team of scientists has managed to grow in the test tube the long, slender, infective form of the single-celled parasite Trypanosoma brucei. That feat-accomplished by Hiroyuki Hirumi, a Japanese-born American scientist, and John Doyle, a Scottish colleague-has been the aim of medical scientists for years. In the past, whenever researchers tried to culture...
Puzzled Feminists. If that command holds, there may be quite a few people of both sexes assigned to perdition. In test screenings in New York and Hollywood, reaction has been mixed and occasionally angry. "So far," says Executive Producer Stephanie Sills, "the strongest negative reaction has come from a group of male executives. They didn't mind being portrayed by women. It was simply that they detest the way we depicted them." But the most puzzled reaction, adds Sills, has come from feminists. "They don't know whether to cheer or boo. They're confused and want...