Word: compressional
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“The mean grade in the College has been fairly flat for about seven years now,” Assistant Dean of the College John T. O’Keefe writes in an e-mail. “Faculty members continue to be concerned about grade compression, and...
“If one is serious about wanting to reduce the amount of grade compression, then one way of doing it would be to simply go to a completely new grading system,” Feldman said. “In other words instead of A through E, it...
Jackiw stood calmly and confidently in a twilight-blue shirt, his face only perturbed by the compression of his brow on particularly tender passages. The color of his violin so matched the dark mahogany of the theatre interior that his instrument seemed to disappear; he seemed to be performing a...
The deeper issue is that shifts in play patterns are forcing toymakers to fight for shelf space in a tightening market. Boys in particular seem to be abandoning traditional toys at earlier ages in favor of consumer electronics, trendy video games, PC software and the Internet. The notion that kids...
Yet regardless of how sales go this season, age compression is here to stay. Some analysts think the worst of it may be over and that toymakers have figured out how to adapt. Kids "expect a bit more electronic sizzle from their toys, but they are still kids at heart...