Word: assess
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...began to explain in a wholly nonpartisan way what the arguments were for both sides. She simply walked away, saying it was “shameful” that there was another view. It was as though she was afraid to hear about competing arguments, and afraid to intellectually assess the situation...
...result of the first factor, and partially as a consequence of the rise of constructivist thought in pedagogy, the educational system fails to teach students about the march of human knowledge. Students are not given adequate background in basic logic and classical thought, and are thus not able to assess modern-day issues in their appropriate context. Their lack of training in logic leads to obvious complications. This also creates the problem that students are unable to engage when they are taken away from familiar ground...
...genuine love of technology” makes it easy for Joe to stay updated. His independent technology research, coupled with his five years of experience, allows him to rapidly assess a customer’s purchasing situation. “When I get a customer who comes in all irate, and because of what I do, and because of what I say, they get that bag in their hand, and they leave happy—that’s my favorite part...
After playing Queens and St. Francis, two teams currently at opposite ends of the spectrum, the Crimson was able to assess where it stands and prepare for the rest of the season...
...central security challenges of our time?" says U.S. ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns. The question came to a head last week in Brussels, when ambassadors from NATO's 26 members discussed a report from the 40-member NATO Training Implementation Mission that's been in Iraq since August to assess how best to train the nascent Iraqi army. If they agree to expand the mission, up to 300 training instructors could be sent to Iraq to join the U.S. operation currently rebuilding the 260,000-strong Iraqi military force. But as the death toll mounts and the chaos widens...