Word: english
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...starters, the ex-Mayor isn't one of the most eloquent guys around. One Temple University communications professor claims that Rizzo "murders the English language." Rizzo punctuates his show with lots of South Philly "Yos," and the 68-year-old has little problem using his loud voice to over-power callers and ram his points home. Often he sounds like he'd silence his critics with a night stick if he had the chance...
...aren't all tests coachable? Yes, to some extent. However, the SAT is particularly susceptible because effective coaching often has less to do with English and math than outwitting the test...
...replace the SAT as a national yardstick, Harvard should place more emphasis on Achievement tests. The admissions office might even require four tests instead of three and make the math and English achievements mandatory...
...only problem is that the [structural] problems are on the second floor, where we have classes, and that will distract those classes for four to five weeks," said Michael Martone, a Briggs-Copeland lecturer on English whose office is in the building...
Prown also says the committee is considering what to do with TFs whose first language is not English...