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...case method is still the heart and soul ofthe school," Hokinson said. "It's not justanalyzing data, but making plans for action andgenerating solutions...
...wonders, then, why no one has tried the obvious--why tenure appointments aren't made according to an objective, standardized method that can predict future performance with accuracy. Standardization, after all, is a well-established substitute for subjective and otherwise difficult decisions in admissions offices at every university, and it really does make things much simpler for everyone involved. There ought to be such a fool-proof method when it comes to tenure...
...California-born Partch, who died in 1974, was a noteworthy iconoclast. Dissatisfied with the "tempered" method of tuning in use since the time of Bach, Partch sought a purer, just intonation based on the harmonic overtones that resonate naturally when any note is sounded. To make his microtones audible, Partch invented a series of exotic instruments constructed out of such objects as artillery shell casings and Pyrex jars...
Discussion will focus on the traditional issues of wages and working conditions, but Wellington said she also expects a review of and changes in the method of selection and classification of personnel...
Devotees rely on a variety of methods to interpret their dreams and arrive at that stage of enlightenment known in dreamwork circles as "aha!" One popular technique is re-creating the vision as a drawing or collage. Many groups favor a method devised by Psychiatrist Montague Ullman of Ardsley, N.Y., in which one member relates a dream to the others; listeners then respond by expressing how it makes them feel. In analyzing their visions, dreamworkers often find solutions to their problems. Indeed, says San Francisco's Delaney, nighttime images are a "reflection of your own mind considering challenges that...