Word: aimed
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Such treatment is giving former rejects a new sense of worth, spurring them to aim higher. And comprehensive schools are fast becoming socially acceptable to professional people, who now see a real alternative to costly private schools. "I'm delighted we sent her there," says one professional father of a comprehensive school graduate. "She learned what the world is like by mixing with all sorts, and got a first-rate education in the bargain." Sums up one proud boy at a big London comprehensive: "We wouldn't change our school for Eton...
...principle aim of students engaged in civil rights activity is to make victims of discrimination aware of their legal rights. Many states have statutes outlawing biased practices in public services, but often the legal machinery can only be set in motion by the complaint of a citizen...
...particular thesis will of necessity be very unprofitable indeed. All that should be asked is that a student present good reasons for his desertion; and his thesis advisor and Head Tutor may then turn him out to another, greener, pasture of inquiry. In any case, Faculty policy should aim at relaxing the bonds of the departments through the departments themselves. Yesterday indicated that fortunately or not, they still hold the real authority over an undergraduate's career...
Anthony G. Oettinger, associate professor of Applied Mathematics and head of the faculty committee in charge of the Center, said that its major aim "will be to develop new and advanced computing theory and to open up new fields of application." It is hoped that the Center's facilities will benefit research groups both within and outside of the University, he said...
...second aim of Harvard's instrument is to obtain information on the earth's ionosphere, the layer of the atmosphere used to bounce radio signals around the globe. By observing how the sun emits ultra-violet light, scientists may learn more about the mechanism of ionospheric interference with radio transmission...