Word: attained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first four years of the study, project members will develop software explaining how to use available funds to attain the highest level of academic achievement. These programs or "simulation models" will explain the relative values of books, radios, teacher training, electronic devices, and other teaching aids, McGinn said...
...other all but universally shared experience is finding a job. That can be a profoundly humbling experience, especially for highly educated Asians. Degrees and credentials that took years to attain suddenly count for little or nothing. Jei Hak Suh, 43, gave up a banking career in South Korea to move with his wife and two young children to Los Angeles in 1981; with his English far from polished, he realized that the banking jobs available to him would not pay enough to support his family. He is now a construction worker...
...greatest asset is its reputation for squaring accounts with rigorous fairness. To preserve it, they are willing to sacrifice short-term advantage. Irene, in contrast, represents the M.B.A. mentality, feminist division. She wants each new balance sheet to improve on the last, and will cut dangerous corners to attain that end. And pioneering an occupation previously closed to her sex, she takes even more chances to show the guys she is entitled to play in their league...
...years ago, during the Mexican War, one good Harvard graduate wrote: "How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it." What would Thoreau have said it Harvard had invited President Polk to such an attain as the 350th anniversary celebration...
...others to the Yard, exhorting them to choose the moral high road on the issue of apartheid, to shun rationalization and let their emotions dictate the terms for dealing with South Africa's parish regime. The reverend is famous for his disdain for those who use immoral means to attain their ends; he blasted President Bok for his paternalistic and tokenistic approach to aiding the oppresed Black South Africans, opting instead for what he calls the moral purity of complete divestment...