Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year cutoff is necessary to streamline Ph.D. programs and ensure that the school's limited academic and financial resources are available to newer students who really need them, said Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Christoph J. Wolff...
...between ideals and interests has produced a mush of mixed signals since Clinton took office. After saying before he was elected that he would deny MFN to China, Clinton continued the policy last May, but only conditionally. He threatened a cutoff this spring if Beijing's human-rights record failed to demonstrate "overall significant progress." It hasn't. Now, says House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Lee Hamilton, Clinton "can't renew MFN unless he lies...
...pecking order develops; there are the Busters, who are physically hopeless, and the Home-Run Hitters, who are prima donnas. As the summer swelters on, a couple of the Busters have growth spurts and become Home-Run Hitters. The Kikuyus win some games and even learn to execute the cutoff play. They earn a little pride and frequent slices of pizza (coachly bribes for good behavior...
...points, while a B+ counts for only 12. On the other hand, similarly lettered grades in sequential order have a standard difference of one point; a B carries 11 points, a B- 10. The difference thus inflates the group rankings of those students who just made the cutoff point of some "minus grade...
...Freshman Dean's Office has extended general card key access hours to all first-year dormitories until 10 p.m., three hours later than the previous cutoff...