Word: exceptionality
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TIME: Over the past several years, almost every revolutionary leader in the world has fallen by the wayside except you. How does it feel to be alone in this situation? What do you believe your legacy will be when you pass from the scene...
...veneer of authenticity allowed Higgins and Mann to display more rotten behavior, more thugs lashing out in violence, than would be permitted in a story with no law-enforcement pedigree. After 70 mins. of betrayal, despair and sadism, the narrator would return to insist that crime does not pay. Except at the box office...
...words uttered by the relevant bureaucrat, Mama Gideon, order to close the door, lest any well-contained frostiness escape.Waiting is the name of the game in Tanzania. It’s tempting to say this is a petty torture civil servants know they can inflict on you with impunity, except that the waiting game happens in the private sector, too. If you want to make a deposit into your bank account, you’d better block off 45 minutes to wait in queue.Mama Gideon eventually honours me with her attention. My voice is soft, I sound apologetic. A fellow...
From 2003 to 2005, overall test scores on the ELA test increased by three points, from 74 percent testing proficient to 77 percent, and on the math test by five points, from 59 percent to 64 percent. All six subgroups improved on both tests from 2003 to 2005, except for the scores of low income students on the ELA test, which remained flat...
...daily visit and found Andrea waiting by the nurses' station. She was ready to go home, released by Saeed, who wrote in her chart that while she still appeared depressed, she was eating and sleeping "much better." Hospital workers noted that in group therapy, she would still say nothing except her name. Nurses noted that her affect was "flat," her mood "somber" and her judgment still "impaired"; however, she was showering and eating with "minimal prompting." So Rusty took Andrea home...