Word: benchmark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good time to shop for a cheaper mortgage. Last week the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond, a benchmark for the industry, dropped to an all-time low of 5.58%. Experts, who predict that the good news for homeowners will continue in coming months, say most borrowers are opting for 30-year fixed loans, now averaging...
...backgrounds, hoping this diversity will lead to a diversity of ideas. The Crimson's former managing editor, Valerie J. MacMillan '98, has argued that there is some degree of correlation between the two, noting in an interview with the Forward, "It doesn't ensure diversity, but it's a benchmark that you're trying...
...though, NationsBank has gained far more profit than it has lost through acquisitions, earning a record $3.08 billion in 1997. Its shareholders have enjoyed an average gain of 26% a year over the past decade, handily beating the 18% annual return for the benchmark S&P 500 stock index...
...going to assert that "Racism [Is] on the Rise," you should indicate the benchmark you use to measure the alleged increase. Isn't it rather that omnipresent racist attitudes have manifested themselves in racist behavior? In the course of the article, you cite as evidence of increasing racism "a record 72,000 complaints of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year." That figure is for 1985; the 1986 total is 68,822. These numbers reflect discrimination in all EEOC enforcement areas, based not only on race but also on religion, age, national origin and sex. Age discrimination...
...American challenge, to this sort of thing has always been: Why should we care? We are the United States of America, home of the brave, land of the free. We enjoy unparalleled prosperity, we have a huge arsenal, and astounding civil liberties. Why should we accept an international benchmark for education? This is the jingoistic version of the challenge, but there is a moral ground to this argument as well. Who says that being good at science and math has anything to do with being a good citizen, or even a good person...