Word: expect
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...written lately about grade inflation in American colleges. I am uneasy addressing the topic, having benefited so abundantly from it. But there can be no doubt that this same unwillingness to label anyone as fundamentally unfit lies behind it. Intelligent students at the University of Costa Rica can hardly expect to go through college without failing a couple of courses, some of them two or three times in a row. A friend tells me of a math professor who gives no credit if a problem in a test has an incorrect answer. He then goes back to look for errors...
...City Council plans to hold a "vote in principle" on the issue. EFZ members expect the vote, not tied to a specific bill, to illustrate how much support the issue has in city government...
...will never expect to see the same kind of support for a Harvard-Yale football game anymore than you should expect me to come and see someone perform a chemistry experiment. We have different interests. Unfortunately, these interests are so diffuse that we often seem to be completely independent of each other. Some of this is our fault; however, some...
...they will. If you take that into account, you can do something about it." Doing something about it, according to the NAS, means creating some sort of federal regulatory agency, a kind of FAA for the practice of medicine. The academy carries significant weight on the Hill, and should expect White House support as well since the proposals mirror portions of President Clinton's proposed Patients' Bill of Rights. Which means the feds could soon be making sure that "First do no harm" is more than just a physician's motto...
...WARM UP Expect your new speakers to take 12 hr. to 50 hr. to "burn in," or reach peak performance...