Word: cutoffs
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...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...
Initially, some prisoners interpreted Whitley's reversal as a sign of weakness. But many changed their mind a few months later. After the state legislature imposed a strict October 1991 deadline for inmates to challenge their convictions, Whitley, alone of Louisiana's 12 prison wardens, helped inmates beat the cutoff. He authorized the prison printshop to run off 5,000 appeal applications. He instructed the prison radio station to hold a question-and-answer program, brought in a lawyer to field questions, then ordered all inmates to listen. He also made sure that illiterate inmates -- fully 70% of the prison...
More questionable was Bush's decision to announce a speedy cutoff for U.S. participation. It makes the operation less controversial at home, but could complicate life for U.S. commanders in Somalia and the peacekeepers who will replace them. The clan chiefs and gang leaders know that the big U.S. force is a lame duck, and they may delay, obstruct or simply dodge the Americans while they are there...