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  • The rapid increase in scientific knowledge and technology in the following centuries was mainly due to the close cooperation, and even identity, of scholars, craftsmen, and artisans characteristic of Western civi - lization of this period.

    HUMANISM IN ITALY PETER HERDE 1968

  • We now turn to the question of mathematical evi - dence for the beginning of the decline of ancient civi - lization.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • The view that all English seventeenth-century civi - lization is baroque has been pushed farthest by Paul

    BAROQUE IN LITERATURE REN 1968

  • Europeans aware that all was not well with their civi - lization.

    CRISIS IN HISTORY GERHARD MASUR 1968

  • Broadly speaking, there are two distinguishable approaches: (1) those which essentially constitute a critique of modern civi - lization, stressing its cultural fragmentation, and (2) those which conceive of culture as an integral whole.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREDERICK M. BARNARD 1968

  • The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century (C.H. Haskins, 1927) played a decisive part in this crystal - lization.

    PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY DIETRICH GERHARD 1968

  • For fools, whether specifically identified as such or not, have continued down the centuries to call into question the claims of learning, religion, and civi - lization.

    WISDOM OF THE FOOL WALTER KAISER 1968

  • In each case the acquired as well as the literal meaning has lingered on into modern times, although the words “culture” and “civi - lization” themselves did not gain currency in European thought until the second half of the eighteenth century.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas FREDERICK M. BARNARD 1968

  • The measure is properly balanced between uti - lization, productivity, and performance and shows the tradeoffs.

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  • It is designed to improve customer service levels through better scheduling, shorter lead times, and improved capacity uti - lization.

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