Word: assesses
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...department's brush with extinction--which galvanized students, faculty, and nationally renowned linguists--spurred a debate that will continue to face Harvard in the future: How does the University assess the validity of an academic field and determine its status in the curriculum...
...carefully. "We think both Paula Jones and President Clinton deserve their day in court," says Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women. "We are not going to rise to the right wing's bait by jumping aboard either party's case until we have an opportunity to assess the credibility of the witness...
...intelligence community is already struggling to regain its standing abroad. The February arrest of CIA officer Aldrich Ames was an enormous embarrassment. Last week Ames pled guilty to spying for Moscow since 1985 and agreed to help authorities assess the damage. In the case of Awad, damaging publicity about his mishandling threatens to impede overseas operations by giving the U.S. a reputation for running a bait-and-switch program. "We promise ((informants)) the moon in the beginning," says FBI special agent Frank Scafidi. "But when they come through for us, there's not much there. If the government doesn...
After four days of deliberations, a civil jury awarded Rodney King $3.8 million in compensatory damages for his 1991 beating at the hands of Los Angeles police. Jurors now have to decide whether to assess punitive damages against the police...
...than 100,000 hours to investigating incidents and threats, double the time spent in 1992. As part of their training, all managers take courses on spotting and handling dangerous situations. Officials have also established an annual opinion survey that allows employees to rate their bosses, much like college students assess professors; the responses figure in supervisors' promotions and raises. The changes are clearly working. Reported assaults at post office facilities have , been dropping steadily: in 1990, 424 were recorded; last year...