Word: earning
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...that most students would be unable to answer them. Papers could be graded much more critically; even students would admit that the papers that we think are good are probably not the best pieces of academic scholarship. Once in a blue moon a student would meet these challenges and earn an A, and this would not demean the accomplishment of the B’s, C’s, and D’s earned by his or her peers...
...light northerly wind blew threw the course, eventually dying down in favor of a southerly for the day’s later races. The Crimson made up ground to earn a fifth-place finish in the event, totaling 273 points, just 21 behind winner Boston College. Hawaii finished in a close second place, followed by Dartmouth and Brown...
Yuan said she thought the innovative aspects of her project helped her to earn the grant...
...Harvard men’s soccer team had two goals entering this season: win the Ivy championship and earn a postseason bid to the NCAA tournament...
...must resist the urge to woo the middle class by working for a Democratic Party that serves the wealthy. If you think the middle class is earning $73,000 per year, you might woo them by gutting social programs and cutting taxes—and some Democrats advocate doing just that. But if you recognize that most people earn less than $42,000 per year, you realize that the real middle class often relies on social programs and spends significantly more money on payroll taxes—those regressive little buggers that Bush never thought to cut—than...