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I HAVE ALWAYS wondered whether it would be worthwhile to sign up for one of those memory experiments that are always posted on the bulletin board in William James. They usually offer subjects about four dollars to perform some minor task just to see how you do. That is what...
Churchill had a string of spectacular failures as well as successes. So did Franklin Roosevelt in domestic policy during his struggle to lift America out of the Depression. John Kennedy's first year was one of almost continuous defeat, but fortunately, it was a year also marked by unceasing...
Even before Deng effectively assumed power in January 1979, he began to experiment with a "contract" system of incentives for farmers. In just three years, that scheme boosted agricultural production in Sichuan province by 25% and industrial output by 80%. Encouraged by those startling results, Deng soon began replacing the...
(The moth is still under tape along with records of the experiment at the U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center in
"In the late '60s and early '70s there was a more lively curiosity on the part of students to play around with new ideas, and to experiment intellectually. Now the tendency is to look for more secure learning situations," said Norman W. Robinson, associate dean for student affairs at Stanford...