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111Dates of 2004 — ▪ 2005 January It turns out we were all wrong, probably, in my judgment. David Kay, former U.S. chief weapons inspector in Iraq, in testimony to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, January 28 January 1 Haitian Pres. Jean… …
112Infinite monkey theorem — Not to be confused with Hundredth monkey effect. Given enough time, a hypothetical monkey typing at random would, as part of its output, almost surely produce all of Shakespeare s plays. In this image a chimpanzee is giving it a try. The infinite …
113Students for a Democratic Society — This article is about the 1960s organization. For the more recent organization, see Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization). Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a student activist movement in the United States that was one… …
114Odds ratio — The odds ratio [1][2][3] is a measure of effect size, describing the strength of association or non independence between two binary data values. It is used as a descriptive statistic, and plays an important role in logistic regression. Unlike… …
115Israel, Palestinians, and the United Nations — Issues relating to the state of Israel, the Palestinian people and other aspects of the Arab Israeli conflict occupy a large amount of debate time, resolutions and resources at the spinout/link|United Nations.The adoption of UNSCOP s… …
116Real Business Cycle Theory — (or RBC Theory) is a class of macroeconomic models in which business cycle fluctuations to a large extent can be accounted for by real (in contrast to nominal) shocks. (The four primary economic fluctuations are secular (trend), business cycle,… …
117New Deal — This article is about the 1930s economic programs of the United States. For other uses, see New Deal (disambiguation). Top left: The Tennessee Valley Authority, part of the New Deal, being signed into law in 1933. Top right: Franklin Delano… …
118crime — crimeless, adj. crimelessness, n. /kruym/, n. 1. an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited. 2. criminal activity and those… …
119environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
120automata theory — Body of physical and logical principles underlying the operation of any electromechanical device (an automaton) that converts information input in one form into another, or into some action, according to an algorithm. Norbert Wiener and Alan M.… …
