Word: glitch
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Kirby ended his remarks with an attempt to calm first-years’ fears that their acceptance was an admissions office glitch...
...growing body of scientific evidence suggests there is a glitch in the neurological wiring of dyslexics that makes reading extremely difficult for them. Fortunately, the science also points to new strategies for overcoming the glitch. The most successful programs focus on strengthening the brain's aptitude for linking letters to the sounds they represent. (More later on why that matters.) Some studies suggest that the right kinds of instruction provided early enough may rewire the brain so thoroughly that the neurological glitch disappears entirely...
...situation is different for children with dyslexia. Brain scans suggest that a glitch in their brain prevents them from easily gaining access to the word analyzer and the automatic detector. In the past year, several fMRI studies have shown that dyslexics tend to compensate for the problem by overactivating the phoneme producer...
Four thousand Harvard employees began the year with an unpleasant e-mail surprise—an electronic pink slip. And though the massive layoff was a glitch, further technological and administrative difficulties meant that some student employees went unpaid for as much as two months...
Jamison and Watkins exemplify a glitch in the academic tenure system known as “The Couples Problem...