Word: cutoffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that characterized the '60s and early '70s inevitably bred distaste for further social change. "Endless questioning of all aspects of life from food, dress, dropping out, child rearing and commune living led to mere exhaustion," he says. "There simply was no energy left. People found it an isolating and cutoff way to live." Yankelovich too thinks the turn away from sexual adventuring is a byproduct of other change. It is, he says, "only one part of a larger phenomenon of society going through a sober, responsible phase...
...standards - where some nine million children are overweight - the children included in the Danish paper would have barely made the cutoff for "overweight." Merely being chubby it seems - let alone obese - can be a serious health risk. "Our study shows that even a few excess pounds or kilograms of weight can damage future health," Baker says...
...Other universities have a GPA cutoff, but we don’t do it that way,” Coakley said...
...fund managers and CEOs?” he asks.If yes, then the issue becomes simple, Avery says. The tuition-free model can be extended to all students, barring budgetary difficulties. However, if the answer is no, then the issue is more complicated, as a graduated scale and ultimately a cutoff must be devised.While not intimately acquainted with college administration, Avery says that for many colleges, while tuition is an important source of revenue, it is definitely not the only source–colleges may even spend more per student than they charge in tuition. So it may well be feasible...
...after it emerged that many items in the collection of the Getty Villa were probably looted from Italian sites, said top museums must help set new tougher standards, though with limits in how far back a country can contest patrimony. He wants to see 1970 as a cutoff date. "Our previous policy was widely acclaimed as one of the strictest in the U.S. It wasn't as strict as the one we have now," he told TIME. "The basic goal is that museums should want to build their collections. But they should also collect responsibly...