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Indeed, the staff's failure to distinguish the young fetus from the older fetus (which the staff agrees must not be aborted) plagues the editorial from start to finish. The argument that "the mother knows what's best for her and for the unborn fetus in her womb" is unreasonable not only because the mother's decision to kill the fetus is rarely a product of her concern for the fetus' interests but also because the staff acknowledges that the mother would not be allowed to abort an older (third-trimester) fetus. If the right to privacy invoked...
...comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred to the man who came closest to annihilating the Jewish people as "an individual of great courage" or that he equated Holocaust Survivor Syndrome with "group fantasies of martyrdom and heroics"? As a man hoping to distinguish himself from Hitler, he ought to rethink his oratorical strategy...
However, grades serve these purposes only when the system operates effectively. According to those railing against inflation, grades have lost their ability to distinguish between students of varying abilities. It follows that neither employers, nor graduate schools, nor students themselves can use grades to judge their performances. Some argue that the narrowing range reduces grades' motivational value as well...
While Dole entered the race favored to win the Republican nomination and the media has focused its attention on publisher Steve Forbes, Gramm failed to distinguish himself as the man who could lead the Republicans to victory...
...best case, the top schools across the country would return to the days when a B was a good grade and professors could distinguish between work that is merely above-average and work that truly deserves...