Word: distinguishable
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...only the administrative head of the faculty, he was their academic and intellectual leader, which would distinguish him from many deans,” said Abbe Professor of Economics Dale W. Jorgenson. “It’s very hard to visualize somebody playing that role as effectively as Dean Knowles...
...psychologist Daniel Goleman, author of the 1995 best seller Emotional Intelligence and co-author of Primal Leadership (Harvard Business School Press), hitting stores later this month, it couldn't be more important. "Softer" skills such as empathy, intuition, and self- and social awareness, in his view, are what distinguish great leaders--and successful companies...
First, with grades as high and compressed as they are, there is much less room for professors and TFs to distinguish between work of differing quality. If the scale for a paper grade effectively ranges only from A to B, it becomes extremely difficult to differentiate between an excellent paper and a mediocre...
...here to learn and not to compete, that the pleasure derived from a course should not be proportional to the grade we receive. The problem with this claim is that it’s really not true. We are here to learn, but we are also here to distinguish ourselves. In an academic community, distinguishing ourselves means pushing forward our accumulated knowledge of the world, working to improve our collective understanding, not just ourselves. Harvard is no longer a gentleman’s finishing school, but a serious place of intellectual inquiry, which can give the resources to push knowledge...
...scope is somewhat limited and its ability to inspire Americans over time is far from a sure thing. As can be inferred from its title, Ford believes that subversive action through sin is easier for Americans to accomplish than good deeds. By sinning, Ford suggests that characters can distinguish their lives from their pedestrian middle-class routines...