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...criteria, Israel’s record on human rights is better than any country in the Middle East,” he said...
...this competition between schools that increases the quality of life at colleges and provides a better living and educational environment for all students. And while the U.S. News & World Report rankings of schools are often criticized for stressing the wrong criteria, the rankings help to foster this necessary competition...
...option for the export-driven economic powerhouse. The recent $30 billion stand-by credit approved by the IMF on September 6 - the largest ever granted to any country - is scheduled to be released in stages, the bulk of it delivered in 2003 only if Brazil complies with the "relevant criteria" established by the Fund. And that's a strong inducement for Lula to not stray too far from the IMF's program...
Officially, none of these competitions judge a contestant’s looks. That is no longer politically correct. Instead, they judge a contestant’s “poise,” in addition to more tangible criteria like GPA and extracurricular activities...
Last week Utah announced it was removing some of the more difficult questions from its statewide exams. Ohio recently "refined" its criteria for calculating low-performing schools; afterward, the number receiving Fs fell from 760 to 200. Michigan, California and Nevada are weighing similar actions. Says California's state schools chief Delaine Eastin: "We're almost surely going to have to lower what we define as proficient." Experts warn that the incentive to dumb down standards will only grow as the stricter provisions of the new law take effect, a move that could brand more than 70% of schools...