Word: attainability
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...ended just as the genre reached its cultural zenith. Hip-hop music was no longer prominently featured in WHRB’s broadcast lineup by the mid-90s—the era that saw Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and the “Gangsta-Funk” aesthetic attain success as pop music—and “The Dark Side” faded into obscurity. Jacoby speculates that the rapid chart ascendancy of rap music in the mid-90s was precisely why it fell out of favor with WHRB DJs. “I think the lack...
...that Cambridge measures student achievement is by comparing minorities’ test scores to those of whites. According to a report published by the school system this past December, Cambridge would attain a “standard of excellence” if there were no gap between white students and minorities on tests. The “standard of excellence” also mandates equal attendance and discipline rates across ethnic groups...
...doing him a favor in attending his lecture. This unfortunate approach compromises the essential teacher-student dynamic. If teachers feel indebted to their students for attending lecture, then students will feel a complementary sense of entitlement. Yet, let’s all put education in perspective: students pay to attain knowledge that is priceless in and of itself. This is the only financial incentive that should compel students to attend lectures...
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—Boston College put on a spectacular aerial show on Thursday night for 7,149 fans at Conte Forum, while the Harvard men's basketball team was unable to even attain liftoff.In a display of superior athleticism that included alley-oops, breakaway dunks and a bevy of baskets from long range, the Eagles (8-2) ran away from an overmatched Harvard squad by a score of 89-55."It's probably the best forty minutes we've had all season," BC coach Al Skinner said. "We've won some ballgames, but we haven't played...
...purity that I wanted at college I couldn’t attain in the real life until I had money,” he says, his voice dropping a little. “I regard 100 percent of my ability to tell the truth and have an impact on the truth to be because I have money...