Word: assignment
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...wrong from the start and still wonder if it is also wrong to leave--just as you can see it as a worthy, but now lost, cause. Some former war supporters, looking for exoneration, conclude that the Iraqis don't deserve our continued sacrifice. Some opponents, looking to assign the blame, say Iraqis don't deserve abandonment either, now that we've broken their country. After four years, it is hard to find anyone confident about where duty lies--unless you look in the Oval Office...
...Delaney-Smith knew her team would have its hands full. On one hand, it seemed as though Crystal Langhorne, the Terrapins’ leading scorer and rebounder, would be the player to stop. Listed at 6’2, but with a much wider body than anyone Harvard could assign to guard her, Langhorne posed the toughest physical challenge for the young Crimson squad.Then there was sophomore guard Kristi Toliver, who as the nation’s second-most-accurate three-point shooter would be around to knock down shots if Harvard doubled down in the post...
...March 6, the Cambridge School Committee voted to temporarily increase the flexibility of the system it uses to assign students to kindergarten to accommodate the increasing numbers of affluent families applying for spots in the schools...
...well to take the view of Winston Churchill, who said after Hitler invaded the U.S.S.R., "If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons." The terrorists are our Hitler, and the drug dealers are our U.S.S.R. We must assign a higher priority to our external enemies even as we care for the wounded from both wars. Harry Puncec Lakewood, Colorado...
Under the new system, each House will appoint a resident tutor as a “sophomore advising coordinator” to assign rising sophomores to other resident tutors of the House who have experience in the areas of interest indicated by the students...