Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard University President Derek Bok was chairman of a commission that recommended the changes. The revision, he says, "begins to send a useful signal to schools that problem-solving ability is important, rather than simply the ability to identify the correct answer from a predetermined list." But Bob Schaeffer of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, a longtime critic of the SAT, charged that the board had failed to deal with the verbal section's analogy problems, which frequently make unconsciously elitist, racist or sexist assumptions about the backgrounds of those taking the test. On one recent test...
...first group raises the more interesting questions. Surely they are correct in contending that the press focused on personalities rather than issues during the campaign. Headlines during the weeks leading to the election usually read something like: "Silber Offends Elderly in Televised Remark" or "Weld Ties Silber to Sen. Bulger" rather than "Experts Study Silber's Education Plan...
Asked by a reporter whether the 230,000 U.S. forces now in the gulf and those soon to be en route will be there for the duration of the crisis, Cheney responded, "That's correct...
...have ultimate faith in the voters, that theywill make the correct decision on November 6," thehigh-tech visionary says. "And we will have thebiggest upset Massachusetts has ever seen...
...subjected to a concerted effort to portray them in this ((bad)) way, and over a long period of time, not just since this crisis. Iraq has frightened some in this area to the point that they are saying something must be done about this new phenomenon. Only Saddam can correct this image...