Word: processing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...realize there are no right answers. But we do believe that the process of thinking these questions through and hazarding an argument can be illuminating--and perhaps even enlightening. We welcome your suggestions...
...astonishing feat brought instant celebrity to Steptoe and his partner, Robert Edwards--as well as a barrage of criticism. The Roman Catholic Church and other religious groups denounced it as playing God, and even scientists like James Watson, unraveler of DNA, were worried about tinkering with a process as sacrosanct as procreation. But the debate faded as it became clear that the brave new world of babymaking that Steptoe had ushered in was providing a desperately sought service...
...there a mathematical structure behind parlor games like chess and poker? Von Neumann investigated and in the process invented game theory--a branch of mathematics that has brought new insights to fields as diverse as economics and evolutionary theory. The 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to game theorists, the seventh Nobel Prize that grew out of Von Neumann's ideas...
...meds face an early and harrowing medical school admissions experience--they will compile a first round of applications, then a second including the dreaded personal statement, and finally will suffer through a season of interviews. Costs of the expensive process--from application fees to plane tickets...
...part of this process is the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), which is typically taken in spring of the junior year and is required by most medical schools...