Word: brokenness
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...report with prosecutors unless it has sufficient evidence of serious legal infraction, which appears to have been its motivation in this instance," Maréchal explains. "Given the large number of people reportedly involved, it would be difficult to believe there would be no convictions if laws were indeed broken. Details in the Figaro report suggest the EADS affair could be the largest case of insider trading France has ever seen...
...remotely the case elsewhere. In early September, Dr. Chiun-Sheng Huang, an oncologist at Taipei's National Taiwan University Hospital, examined a woman in her late 60s who had come to him for the first time. He discovered a tumor in her left breast so large that it had broken through her skin. She claimed she had first noticed the mass 17 years ago. The diagnosis was almost certainly terminal. When Huang asked the woman why she'd waited so long, she replied, "Because it didn't hurt...
...Core criteria actually are before beginning my quest for the Holy Grail of petition approval. I downloaded a 33-page document detailing the philosophy behind the Core Curriculum, the assumptions that helped develop the Core, detailed descriptions of each Core area, recommendations about when to take Cores, and requirements broken down based on concentration. There was one sentence that was sort of applicable to my sojourn: “Before a course can be approved for the Core Curriculum, it must conform to faculty guidelines specifying the educational goals of each component of the program.” Ohhh?...
...hoped by the end of the term to appoint three faculty members to prepare a report on reforming the Board for his permanent successor. Yet this is hardly enough; we hope that the reform process will be fast-tracked so that students do not continue to suffer under a broken regime. Waiting for a permanent dean is not a suitable excuse to delay. The biggest problem with the current system is that students are often not allowed to appear in person before the Board to advocate for themselves. The board hears three types of cases: petitions, academic review, and disciplinary...
...twinkle and why ground-based telescopes can be only so sharp. The stars twinkle for the Lucky Camera too. But it snaps 20 images every second, and every so often one of those images, purely by chance, will be taken through a calm patch of sky--much as a broken clock is right twice...