Word: bores
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Freeh's persistent complaints to Justice Department headquarters finally bore fruit this week, when Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert Mueller pulled the case and gave it to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia at Freeh's request - prompting Lewis' fiery comments, which were not exactly the norm for a federal official...
...optional. But the admissions staff continued to hear SAT horror stories--about applicants spending $845 an hour on test prep, for example. So the college went a step further and conducted an informal study of the SAT's role in its admissions. It showed that the scores bore little relation to how well the students performed once they were on campus. A second analysis found that the SAT accounted at most for just 10% of each admissions decision. Says Jane Brown, the school's vice president for enrollment and college relations: "We concluded that the SAT was just a blunt...
...optional. But the admissions staff continued to hear SAT horror stories - about applicants spending $845 an hour on test prep, for example. So the college went a step further and conducted an informal study of the SAT's role in its admissions. It showed that the scores bore little relation to how well the students performed once they were on campus. A second analysis found that the SAT accounted at most for just 10 percent of each admissions decision. Says Jane Brown, the school's vice president for enrollment and college relations: "We concluded that the SAT was just...
...addition to the civil rights movement, Brazile said traveling to Africa and learning about her family's history had made her realize the responsibility she bore...
Like all promotional material distributed by Harvard College, the Junior Parents Weekend brochure that arrived in my mailbox last week bore a string of lofty promises. Pledging to offer the parents of the junior class "A Snapshot of Our Lives" and claiming that the weekend would give our elders the opportunity "to take a walk in our shoes," the brochure all but swore to give parents an out-of-body Freaky Friday-esque encounter in which they would magically experience the College as if they were actually 20-year-old students. Intrigued by the assertion that my parents could learn...