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On a regular exam, help from friends can help make up for semester-long slacking. But even the most diligent tutoring cannot ensure that someone who has blown off a class will not slip up on a standard exam. On an advance question final, only the most actively misanthropic loner...
We come now to the third purpose of a college education, namely getting a good record so one can get a good job. This is obviously the purpose of grades: to show how diligent and intelligent we all are, based on a series of evaluations of our performance here.
He thought he could handle the farewell to the White House switchboard operators. But, as he put it, "I overflowed." They had been for so long so diligent, so patient. John Kennedy had said, "They could raise Lazarus." They had hooked Bush up to the far world's leaders like...
"He will be remembered as someone with a large number of interests, a diligent worker, and an excellent teacher," said McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering Joseph J. Harrington.
The majority of people in underprivileged areas are law-abiding, ambitious and more diligent that we give them credit for. Regrettably, a small percentage of that population sees another way to alleviate its problems, and quickly. They turn to a job that pays $1200 a day, cash. Guess which one...