Word: valid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After patiently accumulating the muon data for two months-the time necessary to get statistically valid readings-the computer will spew it all out into a cathode-ray oscilloscope. On the screen of the oscilloscope, the data will be converted into images resembling X-ray plates, one for each face of the pyramid. Chambers and corridors within the pyramid will show up as dark areas on one or more of the faces-defined by the surplus of recorded muons that penetrated these areas...
Given that script formula is a standard and perhaps valid dramatic device to facilitate the presentation of exciting material, Grand Prix's evil is not so much that it is an old-fashioned formula picture, but that it bungles the job miserably and wallows for 2 1/2 of its 3 hours in its own plot complications. Arthur spends too much time on his dreary characters, barely managing to solve their problems and tie-up the loose ends for the finish. He introduces an English driver (Brian Bedford) who competes neurotically to break the track record of his dead brother...
...solid reason for the failure of embargoes is that the world will never lack for blockade runners. There is another reason, more subtle but just as valid. Never has economic coercion from abroad been translated into political rebellion at home. On the contrary, it usually fires the patriotism of a beleaguered citizenry. In the case of Cuba, the U.S. embargo supplied Castro with the perfect excuse to explain to the Cuban people the failures of his revolution. The U.N. boycott of Franco Spain, which lasted from 1945 until 1950, led Spaniards to tighten their belts and close ranks behind...
...upholding Osborn's conviction, the court ruled that Vick's tape was completely valid evidence under the Fourth Amendment standard of judicially approved search and seizure. Warren agreed: "I see nothing wrong with the Government thus verifying the truthfulness of the informer and protecting his credibility." Moreover, Warren himself wrote the majority opinion in a third case approving the tactics of a U.S. narcotics agent, who phoned Boston Marijuana Peddler Duke Lee Lewis at home, called himself "Jimmy the Polack" and arranged for Lewis to sell him eleven "bags" (71.5 grams) for $100. Although the Fourth Amendment shields...
...long walk to Mallinckrodt, and once you've gotten there the chemistry courses are hardly worth it. Currently, there is general dissatisfaction with the curriculum -- especially lower level courses -- offered by the Chemistry Department. And these grumblings are more valid than the normal gripes of the lazy pre-med or the over-zealous chem concentrators...