Word: development
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...propose that we students establish the Cambridge New College--an organization that will be devoted to encouraging students to develop and teach their own courses and that will provide them with the resources necessary to do so. The Cambridge New College will aim at developing a diverse curriculum, including courses in ethnic studies, music, political theory, economics, religion, history, community relations, ecology and whatever else students are interested in teaching and learning together. It will also provide a space in which students can experiment with methods of learning and fields of inquiry...
...joined the class for the remainder of the project. An expert on limnology and paleoecology, Brenner has joined ESPP students at Archbold for several years. Brenner writes in an e-mail that the planning exercise "requires students to make a rapid assessment of issues in Highlands County and [to] develop a future land-use plan based on considerations of ecological principles, economic realities, a knowledge of stakeholder interests (e.g. retirees, citrus agriculture, ranchers, etc.) and social issues...
...shroud's linen was later detailed in an article co-written with the other two labs for the journal Nature, which straightforwardly stated that the radiocarbon-dating results "provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is medieval." Nuclear physicist Harry Gove, who helped develop the radiocarbon-dating process used on the shroud, went a bit further. He said the odds were "about one in a thousand trillion" against the shroud's having been woven in the time of Jesus. Edward Hall, a member of the Oxford team, went further still. Anyone who continued to believe...
...mega-Websites that are designed to fulfill a wired citizen's every last online need: browsing, shopping, playing, chatting, whatever. "We began with simple searching," says Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, "and that's still a big hit--our Seinfeld, if you will--but we've also tried to develop a must-see-TV lineup: Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Chat, Yahoo Mail. We think of ourselves as a media network these days...
...score or so of local wine farmers have taken notable steps to democratize what has for centuries been an almost feudal system (historic slave-bell pillars can still be seen on some estates), and are giving their black and colored workers direct shares in the businesses or land to develop...