Word: experimentally
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
GOULD CONDUCTS WAGNER (Sony Classical). Shortly before his death in 1982, the legendary pianist Glenn Gould decided to experiment with the idea of becoming a conductor. Since he had abdicated the concert stage 18 years earlier, he & quietly rented a hall and hired some members of the Toronto Symphony. Though...
When I was a graduate student in biology -- at Rockefeller, where Baltimore also earned his Ph.D. -- I would have winced at all this metaphysics. The ethos of the acolyte was humility and patience. If the experiment didn't succeed, you did it again and then scratched your head and tried...
The students -- and their families -- were victims of a fumbled, four-year experiment to give Richmond, a working-class area northeast of San Francisco, a system based on the principle of choice that was endorsed by George Bush in his education package last month. To compete for students, the district...
Not so the Persian Gulf war. Rarely in the life of a nation is a question so vital settled so decisively. The gulf debate is the closest politics gets to a controlled experiment. Hypotheses were advanced, and 43 days later the results were in. In the scientific world, one side...
There is an advantage to broadening the present policy to include video and audio tapes, said University insiders. In the case of a costly scientific experiment, taping would be more efficient and effective than duplication.