Word: fifth
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...community extinguished." Blacklisted by the Nazis Martin arrived in New York City in March 1941, finding the strength to write about the atrocity a year later. The piece is remarkably simple, resonating like a clanging cymbal in slow motion. Martin included the opening motif of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which by its rhythm coincides with the Morse code symbol for the letter "V," much popularized by Churchill's "V for Victory" gesture...
...main problem facing graduate students is their exclusion from the employment process, according to Connie M. Razza, a fifth-year graduate student in the English department at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a spokesperson for the Student Association of Graduate Employees-United Auto Workers (SAGE-UAW) at UCLA...
...assure them that my academics have not suffered as a result of my surname. I do, however, learn that if I want my name to fit in the upper right hand corner of a piece of notebook paper, I should start in the middle of the page, not four-fifths over to the right, where everyone else does. Fifth grade: In an unsuccessful bid for school president, I realize that "Vote for Ganeshananthan" isn't exactly, well, pithy. And absolutely nothing rhymes with it. It also makes posters and stickers expensive. I lose. I also begin to realize that when...
...call me for a quote so they can use my name to take up space. Before graduation, I have to spend extra time with the student announcing my name so she can get it right. I catch her in the bathroom before the ceremony, practicing the fourth and fifth syllables furiously...
According to Connie M. Razza, a fifth-year graduate student in the English department at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a spokesperson for the Student Association of Graduate Employees-United Auto Workers (SAGE-UAW) at UCLA, the main problem facing graduate students is their exclusion from the employment process...