Word: attendings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chemistry professor, Dale Wheeler, invited the forensics group to dinner, which made Jusiewicz feel more comfortable about asking him questions after class. She could also attend sessions led three times a week by a senior chemistry major whose assignment was to reinforce the lectures. When she had trouble with a math course, she signed up for free one-on-one tutoring. The results: a B in chemistry and an A in math...
When freshmen arrive for one of the two-day orientation sessions held over the summer, their parents are invited to come along. About half do. While the kids take placement tests and register for courses, their parents attend lectures on the development of young adults, confer with parents of current students and get tips on how to gauge their kids' academic progress. ("Ask your students their professors' names two or three weeks into the semester" is one piece of advice from freshman seminars director Rennie Brantz. "If they don't know, they're not engaged...
Maybe in the halcyon days of my youth I would have bolted for the nearest television and watched Mussina with baited breath, secretly rooting for him to do the improbable in a room full of Red Sox fans. But that night, I had more important things to attend to—fantasy football rankings and AOL Instant Messenger...
Between them they've won 28 tournaments and four majors, even though they choose to enter significantly fewer tournaments than most other players. They are up front about the fact that tennis is merely one aspect of their lives. They take the autumn off, for example, to attend a fashion design school located next to a strip mall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Because the ranking system of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) adds up the best 17 events over the previous 52 weeks, neither sister has a realistic shot at a No. 1 ranking. Still, Venus, who won Wimbledon...
There are people who attend karate exhibitions to marvel at the discipline and focus that the sport demands of its participants, and the ritualism that evokes hundreds of years of history. Then there is karate master Kazuyoshi Ishii, who just likes watching people get their teeth knocked...