Word: developing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Jean-Claude Latombe, chair of the computer science department at Stanford, says, "technology moves very fast, so the idea is to try to anticipate what is going to be important in five years and develop the theory around that...
Moreover, having beer cans as the standard unit for measurement raises an array of problems. The student government must work to develop a system of conversion where other spirituous liquors are pegged to cans of beer, just like currency exchange rates. A bottle of red wine would equal however many cans of beer, a bottle of port somewhat more and a bottle of bourbon would equal quite a few. University officials could carry the exchange rates on a convenient laminated card and rapidly work out whether a room owning a half bottle of amontillado, a third of a liter...
...market for financial aid has existed. Universities have doled out aid as they see fit, luring the most sought-after students with the most sought-after packages. Schools apply an individual calculus of need and ability to each student to ensure that the most capable have the means to develop those capabilities--at their institution...
...Zewinski still says FAS has chosen not to develop the space because there has been no pressing need...
...parents is to shield them from grief. This is natural: we're only trying to fulfill the promises we whispered to them when they were born. But "protecting" a child from the death of a loved one doesn't work. Children who don't deal openly with grief can develop lasting emotional and developmental problems. Instead of trying to prevent sadness, we have to help our children experience...