Word: interpretable
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Unfortunately, the justices’ role is to interpret the law, not to decide whether it is wise or misguided. Thus, this case is more of a test of federalism than an assessment of the medical utility of marijuana. Nevertheless, if the government did attempt to make an impartial examination of the latter, it would be hard pressed to make an informed decision, as it would be forced to rely on contradictory, even faulty scientific evidence...
...Blondes at Harvard are under a lot of pressure to be always smart,” says Caroline Cecot ’06. “I sometimes feel as if I cannot be goofy in front of people I do not know well for fear that they will interpret my goofiness as dumbness in all areas of life, including academics...
...playing it off. If the work is hard and they're not doing well, in the students' minds it's better to act like they don't care rather than acknowledge that they're trying hard and still can't do it." The problem becomes more damaging when teachers interpret such behavior as indifference and lower their expectations for what the students can achieve. Without interest and support from teachers--which matter more to minorities, Ferguson found--floundering black students eventually become resigned to their low position on the academic totem pole, fail to develop essential skills and slip even...
...that drug companies lavish on doctors, from ski vacations to thousands of dollars in consulting fees in return for little or no true consulting. He believes that disclosing conflicts of interest is not enough. "Even if you find out what the conflicts are, you don't know how to interpret them," he says. As for the author, "the only conflict I have is that I have a book I'd like to see published and bought." At least he's up-front about it.--By Christine Gorman
...thing to interpret the number of film adaptations of Greene’s work as symbolic of his popular appeal, but quite another to assume that the films are of equally high quality and benefit the author’s reputation...