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Beyond the accountants' ken, though, there are less clearly observable reasons. "Greed, gre-e-ed, gre-e-e-e-ed," murmurs Boris Kostelanetz, 71, who was born in Leningrad when it was still St. Petersburg and is now the senior partner of Kostelanetz & Ritholz in Manhattan. He savors his own repetition of the word, but he feels that greed is not always or necessarily the motive. Says he: "Greed means you want to keep money and spend it on yourself. For tax evasion there is something else at work. People who don't file tax returns...
With former captain Tom Murray lost to graduation. Cleary inserted Greg Britz into the vacant slot at right wing on the Gre Olson-Michael Watson connection, and the move paid dividends almost immediately. Britz took a Watson pass and put it past Lowell's John MacKenzie just 11 seconds into the game...
...passionately believes, at at time convincingly argues, that the mushrooming network of ERB's, SAT's. MCAT's, GRE's and other standardized, computerized tests are less "fair, scientific and objective" than their supporters claim; that the machinelike, precise and efficient image they project creates disproportionate "test worship" in the general public; and that schools and employers at all levels should rely far more on other criteria in evaluating applicants. He contents the tests close more doors than they open, and gives a knowledgeable and compassionate attack on test anxiety and the psychological "branding" of the child...
...part SAT composed of verbal and math sections and a test of standard written English, holds a predominant position in the testing market. ETS controls well over half the entire testing market, which includes such tests as the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT), the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), and various professional tests such as bar examinations. Because of its leading role in the testing industry, ETS, which takes in nearly $90 million a year, has been the center of much of the controversy and criticism associated with testing...
...employees try to spot and eliminate all the potential cultural or sexual biases they can find. By the time a question reaches final test form, it has been inspected at least 30 times, and that takes 18 months. It costs approximately $100,000 to produce an entire SAT or GRE...