Word: certain
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...question remains whether it's a good policy for schools to identify certain students as unfit. Good arguments can be made both ways. There is no doubt that many bad students really are the victims of circumstance and that preserving their self-esteem may allow them to stay afloat. On the other hand, there is really no way to keep bad students from doing badly without lowering the standards and keeping the good students from developing their full potential. The record does not help much in settling the issue: The United States is the wealthiest country and its top universities...
...certain cases, EFZ will urge tenants to issue a series of increasingly public challenges to landlords, starting with a letter to the City Council...
Police say they see the current trends continuing for the near future, and small increases in certain types of crime are no reason to worry...
...From what I see, there is very little nasty competitive behavior in class," he says. "Almost never does someone say something just to put someone else down. They are much more likely to articulate opinions to advocate a certain point of view...
...started coordinating social events, on the premise that if people have a certain degree of camaraderie, they will be less likely to backstab and treat other students with less than adequate respect...