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...probably one of the most intense things I've ever done," says New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, who played Al Gore (twice) and John Kerry for Republican candidates between 1996 and 2004. He likened the job to cramming for the bar exam. "The key is to totally absorb yourself in the person you're supposed to present...
...course—Porter described Ronald Reagan as one of the most confident men he had ever met. But Porter added that while Reagan was preparing for an interview with Forbes magazine, the president said, “I feel like I’m cramming for a final exam...
Since he took the helm in 2003, Fowler-Finn has garnered praise for improvements on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. In 2007, 91 percent of students passed the English Language Arts (ELA) exam, compared with 79 percent in 2003, and 90 percent passed the Mathematics exam, compared with 69 percent in 2003. Despite these improvements, he has been criticized for his “top-down” management style...
...also important for women to raise the issue with their family physician or gynecologist. Physicians have to depend on patients to detail symptoms like urinary and fecal incontinence that are not apparent in a routine physical exam. Pelvic-organ prolapse, in severe cases, may be obvious to a doctor, Nygaard said, but in some cases women don't necessarily feel discomfort, so patients need to explain their symptoms and ask for a physical exam...
...exams as well were engaging and almost communal. Consider the one he gave for Constitutional Law III in the Fall 1997 semester. Students were told to act as attorneys in the make-believe state of Futura, advising the parents of a 23-year-old woman named Dolly, who had established a living will before sustaining near fatal injuries in a car accident. The will empowered her parents to make "any and all decisions regarding medical treatment," including terminating "life-sustaining treatment." The parents wanted to clone Dolly by taking a healthy cell from her body and inserting it into...