Word: downwardly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lowering of standards to foster greater diversity, but simply an extension of outreach efforts in the highly subjective area of determining the most promising scholars in academia. We are pleased that these key administrators do seem to understand the gravity of the problem. Kirby agreed recently that the downward trend is “unacceptable” and a “matter of some emergency.” And Summers has assured that “we have already matched last year’s rather sorry total” of female hires...
...this language and this sentiment exist in college? Of course it does, but it’s not new, and it’s not everything. But Wolfe seems to think it is new, or at least, that the language has changed so dramatically as to signal a serious downward departure from the “decent” sexual undercurrents of yesteryear’s undergraduates. Yet even if it had, the pervasiveness of sex in Charlotte Simmons eclipses nearly all else—academic pursuits in a supposed elite institution, genuine friendships, even romantic relationships...
...currently crowded with tired Chemistry concentrators and neurotic Starbucks junkies just leaving the garage with their Venti Triple Soy Lattes. Instead of delicate tuxedo shirts and elegant stilettos, there are North Face jackets, jeans and dirtied sneakers. In place of swinging arms and pouty lips, tense shoulders and downward stares make the criss-crossing runways from Boylston to Holworthy sloppy and out of sync...
...American Automobile Association predicted that 37.2 million Americans would travel over the weekend, reversing a downward trend since 36.8 million left their homes for the holiday...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, expressing their concerns about the precipitous slide in tenure offers. This fall, 73 female senior faculty members agreed to sign a statement urging the administration “to assign its highest priority to reversing the downward trend of the past three years in FAS senior offers to women.” Summers and Kirby agreed to meet with 50 female senior faculty members on October 6 in the Barker Center. Both expressed concern about the drop in offers, but many women present weren?...