Word: honing
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...fact that he spent only a week in the program, a stint that is becoming more and more common, according to experts. Unlike the old days, when many camps offered eight-week sessions, today kids tend to schedule shorter periods at different camps back-to-back in order to hone a variety of skills...
...process by which students find a thesis adviser requires they go talk to faculty members and grad students and that actually helps them hone their idea,” Campbell says. “If we had a matching process, that would short-circuit that whole process...
...hone the thesis-advising process, the Astronomy and Astrophysics department appointed a Senior Thesis coordinator, who is currently Ramesh Narayan, according to Head Tutor Bryan M. Gaensler...
When emotionally charged political discussions erupt in the house, meanwhile, the staunch conservative stays up and argues right alongside her cohabitants. Swimming in a sea of liberals, Rachel has had plenty of chances to hone her debating chops. “Get me with some Democrat, and I’m right in there,” she says...
...Case in point: Shanda Interactive Entertainment, China's largest online game provider. Huang's fund injected $40 million into the business and helped its young, Chinese-educated chairman hone the company's international image by hiring a proper financial comptroller and relieving family members of top-level jobs to avoid nepotism charges. After going public last May, Shanda saw its stock price more than double in just six months; one of Shanda's co-founders, Chen Tianqiao, is one of China's richest...