Word: inference
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...patriotic letter written by French communist resistance fighter Guy Môquet before he was executed by the Nazis in 1941. During his 2007 presidential campaign, he also repeatedly quoted the seminal French socialist leader (and Panthéon resident) Jean Jaurès in an attempt to infer that the legendary leftist would have backed the positions he was championing. (Read "A French Debate over Guy Môquet...
Some of the fibers found were spun, twisted, or knotted, and many appear to have been dyed, said Bar-Yosef. Though only small fragments of fibers were found at the dig site, archaeologists “can infer from looking at these kinds of fibers that they were making strings [and] ropes,” said Bar-Yosef. The strings and ropes could then be used to “serve as baskets [or] carrying equipment” or to tie fur clothing together...
...Biden's comments caused a stir precisely because U.S. officials have scrupulously avoided making comments that Iran might interpret as a green light from Washington for an Israeli strike. "That leads me to infer that [Biden's] was a planned statement," says Cliff Kupchan, director of Europe and Eurasia at the Eurasia Group, a risk consultancy in Washington. "It is very rare for any U.S. official, [much] less the Vice President, to make concrete comments on the possibility of an Israeli military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities." Kupchan warned in a note on Tuesday that Iran could interpret Biden...
...Even if you don't follows the work of Eggers and Vida, who are married with children, you can infer that the movie is their vision, however myopic. And if you do know them personally - and you live in Phoenix or Madison - you'll probably want to ask them, Hey, was that awful person supposed...
...Planck will also attempt an extraordinary mathematical feat: calculating the total number of atoms in the universe. With that information, it can infer the total density of the mysterious quantity known as dark matter. "We're looking at the physics at the very beginning of the physical universe," says ESA director of science David Southwood...