Word: inferior
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...great sin of our time would be condemning so many minority children to an inferior education,” Williams said...
Dartboard’s conversations with unique, talented new fellow- students oh so keenly anticipated over the summer were interrupted by calls from other members of the ruling, cell-phone-bearing class. Dartboard resigned himself to his inferior status, fully aware that his communication abilities were not up to par with the rest of the Harvard elite...
Neuroscientists have used fMRI to identify three areas of the left side of the brain that play key roles in reading. Scientifically, these are known as the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left parieto-temporal area and the left occipito-temporal area. But for our purposes, it's more helpful to think of them as the "phoneme producer," the "word analyzer" and the "automatic detector." We'll describe these regions in the order in which they are activated, but you'll get closer to the truth if you think of them as working simultaneously, like the sections of an orchestra...
...doesn't mean frivolous. A crucial change for the niche airlines has been in their conservative approach to safety. Only a few years ago, many new airlines were dismissed as inferior or even less safe than established carriers, in part because many of them flew older aircraft. But government regulators and carrier executives have worked together to inculcate a rigorous safety culture. AirTran, Frontier (based in Denver) and JetBlue are either flying entirely new fleets or quickly acquiring new planes to replace older stock. That not only helps with safety and the perception of safety but also is good...
...freshman but I think we all looked up to her as more of an ‘upperclassman,’” Raimondi said. “I know I definitely did. But she never made any of us feel inferior or below her—Julie is so good to us and it is a pleasure to call her a friend...