Word: criterions
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...prevalence of beauty and charm in high places is largely a byproduct of democracy; outside Britain, even royalty nowadays is generally free to choose and marry for love. Most of the reigning beauties also meet democracy's most demanding criterion of successful first-ladyship: each, in her way, embodies her country's ideal of womanhood. They are fond of outdoor life; they swim, ride horseback, play tennis or golf. They are enthusiastic and effective sponsors of charitable and cultural causes. Virtually without exception, they are chic, vivacious, quick-witted and warm. Above all, they are immense political...
Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Tests, said that "we expect the public school group to outperform, and they do. If academic standing were the only criterion, we should take more public school students. But it isn't: we wouldn't want to admit nothing but "summa" candidates...
Whitla feels that one important criterion is achievement after graduation. In a study he did four years ago on Harvard public-private records in medical school, both groups were very close, with the prep school students slightly higher academically...
According to Leet, the lone P created "a unique and unmistakable criterion" of a nuclear detonation. He noted that the waves showed great penetrating power, and may be detected as for as halfway around the earth from the point of the explosion...
...College had rules governing everything from smoking to being chaperoned. Now Vassar's 1,450 almost-women hustle off alone to New Haven, Yalemen streak into Poughkeepsie, and everyone freely (or almost) trips across the road for martinis. Yet if behavior has changed, the school's general criterion regarding it has not: the student handbook says, "The college expects every student to uphold the highest standards." While reviewing the book last fall, the student government got to wondering: What are the "highest standards" nowadays...