Word: hallmarked
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...highlight of the day was not a public high school but a small, bilingual academy called Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. The school, which accepts students of all faiths, has an entirely Hispanic and low-income study body and provides a lot of personalized counseling and small classes. Its hallmark is an unusual work-study program that requires every student to spend an 8-hour day, five times a month, working in a local hospital, law firm or other kind of business. Each employer pays $27,000 a year for a team of four student interns. The money helps defray...
Such confidence has always been Hamilton's hallmark. When he first met Ron Dennis, now his Formula One team boss, as a 10-year-old, Hamilton informed him that he wanted to drive for McLaren. Three years later, he joined the team's support program for promising young drivers. But he's also ready to listen and learn. Hamilton has a rare "capacity to question himself - to analyze very clearly after a race," says Frédéric Vasseur, general manager at the ART Grand Prix team behind Hamilton's GP2 championship...
...envelope when it comes to medical progress? Despite what seems like an obvious answer in this case of clavicle fractures - "don't push it that hard" - the question is complex. Mainstream treatments of today were often on the dangerous fringe list 20 years ago. Aggressive advancement is the hallmark of American medicine. Yet there is, somewhere, a line to be drawn. Why? New diagnostic tests often give us more information than we can actually use or even interpret. If you do enough MRIs or blood tests, for example, you're bound to find something that's off - and that means...
Under previous administrations, the call for sacrifice served as more than just a compelling political tactic; it was also the hallmark of successful policy. Kennedy’s frequent references to collective sacrifice, for instance, were matched with a substantive commitment to national priorities, as well as a candid appraisal of what we’d have to give up in order to make endeavors like the Apollo program successful. Under FDR’s leadership in World War II, we agreed to ration our consumption of gas, shoes, and coffee, and our national wealth was used to protect...
This is Prada's hallmark: irreverence mixed with industry. Her love of fabric dates back to her childhood and her family history: her mother was originally from the Como region of northern Italy where the silk textile factories are located. "I had silk in my hands all the time," Prada says, "the finest silk made with the thin threads of silk?a quality no longer available...