Word: versa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well. It is ironic that in an era in which the country appears to be looking to conservative solutions, not one of the positons taken by Harvard's central newspaper reflected a conservative opinion. Regardless though of whether the Crimson is liberal and the country is conservative, or vice versa, Crimson editorial readers deserve more imaginative discussion of issues by sources from all across the political spectrum...
...confrontation may ultimately seize control of the fledgling labor movement, especially if the country's economic debacle drives frustrated Poles to the boiling point. Said one government official in Warsaw: "The hard-liners in Solidarity play into the hands of the hard-liners in the party and vice versa. I am very worried that they will get the confrontation they seem to want."-By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by Richard Hornik/Warsaw
...tiger has stripes." The computer counters: "Does a lion have stripes?" The child answers "No." Then the computer asks, "Does a tiger have stripes?" The child replies, "Yes." "Thanks," says the computer politely. "I'll remember that." The child has actually been programming the computer and vice versa...
Because of the difficulties, Father Dahood insists that all ancient Near Eastern languages must be studied in order to understand any one of them. He contends that "Ebla is clarified on point after point by the Bible," and vice versa. In a 48-page addendum to the Pettinato book he offers extensive technical examples from specific Bible texts. Dahood reckons that nearly a third of the poetic passages in the Old Testament still "evade precise translation and gram matical analysis." The major reason: 1,700 of the 8,000 Hebrew words in the Bible occur only once. Dahood reported last...
...wires or misplaced M-44s. Some dogs are naturally boisterous and need special handling; a few have turned out to be sheep killers. To work properly, guarding dogs must be introduced to sheep as pups so that by maturity they are totally at ease with the flock-and vice versa. When a predator approaches, the sheep tend to converge behind the dog. "They recognize him as a security blanket," says Zoologist Jack McGrew of Colorado State University, where Komondors have been tested for three years. Ewes in labor sometimes seek out the protection of the dog. Usually this trust...