Word: ascertained
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...Game. In effect, the keg ban prompted many students to “pre-game” before the tailgate with alcoholic drinks. Additionally, the ban caused many of the organizations hosting tailgates to serve mixed drinks, making the level of alcohol more difficult for students to ascertain. These two factors created a dangerous situation where more students could consume unhealthy levels of alcohol...
...have to try to ascertain whether or not a student is prepared enough and can make it academically,” she continued. “If students have been unable to perform in high school, I don’t think it makes sense for us to admit them...
...resolutions, the international community would have no choice but to authorize an invasion to enforce its own writ. UN authorization would also create essential political cover for some skeptical allies to sign on for an invasion. That meant the starting point was to send UN arms inspectors back to ascertain whether Iraq has indeed continued to develop weapons of mass destruction. While that point is broadly agreed, the breakdown has been over the terms of those inspections, and how to proceed if they're blocked, with the Russians and French leading a Security Council majority leery of being used simply...
Mass. Hall sources have been unable to ascertain whether University President Lawrence H. Summers will accept FM’s offer to play an informal match of doubles tennis, whether he has even heard about FM’s offer to play an informal match of doubles tennis or, for that matter, whether he has ever heard of FM Publisher Kenyon S.M. “Backhand” Weaver...
...second home” on campus was being moved without warning. The decision by the provost displayed a clear disregard for the input of students who have been directly affected. Moreover, as of Columbus Day, a Sept. 18 letter sent by alums to the provost seeking to ascertain his reasoning behind the decision has yet to receive a response. It would be a great shame for Harvard to be eclipsed by Cornell, Dartmouth or Stanford in the study of Native American communities, but it would be a greater shame for the University to turn its back on its own Native...