Word: graded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Office of Civil Rights for the filing of a sexual harassment complaint). There is no clause regarding the rights of both the harassed and the accused to solicit support from friends or advisors throughout the process. Finally, there is no provision regarding the resolution of cases in which a grade is challenged...
...RACE has subsequently deteriorated to the name calling atmosphere of a grade school. Pete focuses his campaign on Jerry's unpopular record as governor, as well as his unconventional lifestyle. Jerry challenges Pete for his lack of experience in addressing national issues, exemplified by his constant public slips. Jerry plays his usual role of avoiding a specific stance on any given subject. Each is investing millions of dollars to smear the other's reputation...
...small computers come supplied with a programming language called BASIC, for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Written in the mid-'60s for Dartmouth College students, BASIC assumes a working knowledge of algebra and some technical computer jargon as well. Logo, by contrast, was created with grade-school children in mind. To keep things very, very simple for the user, Logo starts off with a handful of English words that the computer recognizes as commands to make it do things. The word PLAY, for instance, tells a properly equipped computer to play a musical note. Another command...
...nose pointed up the 40-degree slope of a mountain, looking like a stranded whale waiting to climb a steep beach. A series of ropes connect the ship to massive human-powered wooden winches and a lone bulldozer. The engineer, who designed the system to tackle a 20-degree grade, has quite fearing for the lives of the Indian workers if a metal clasp or something else should snap. Although the director has been told repeatedly that he is attempting the impossible, he perseveres, ignoring the dangers, refusing to consider abandoning his dream...
Lewis said that while the question of sexual harassment may still be considered when the student's grade change request is evaluated, the grade change procedure is entirely separate from the previous sexual harassment complaint...