Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Just as MIT snuck behind us to win the college level this year with a score of five out of six points, we crept up behind Princeton last year and took their title," McClelland said...
...California's system of public secondary school education, but the state should also fix its system of higher education by re-implementing affirmative action. In our uneven society, an admissions policy based solely "on merit" is not possible. An admissions policy which seeks to create a level playing field for all is a reasonable goal. Affirmative action is a means towards this...
...California's system of public secondary school education, but the state should also fix its system of higher education by re-implementing affirmative action. In our uneven society, an admissions policy based solely "on merit" is not possible. An admissions policy which seeks to create a level playing field for all is a reasonable goal. Affirmative action is a means towards this end. EDWARD B. COLBY...
...World Bank must be substantially revisited in view of the realities of the new environment created by the increasing global role of the emerging-market economies. It would not be sufficient to transform the IMF into a lender of last resort at the global level. Such a move would also require the elaboration of a broad consensus toward a new global financial infrastructure that will ensure a smoother and more transparent functioning of the institutions and a better ability to identify potential crises and contain them...
More fundamentally, globality confronts us with two sets of issues. At the national level, the role of governments has to be redefined. As their ability to influence business activity is increasingly constrained and their margin of maneuver shrinks before the overwhelming power of financial markets, governments are under pressure to enlarge their roles in two key domains: on the one hand, they must strive to provide through their policies the most propitious environment and framework for economic activity, for knowledge generation and for greater competitiveness; on the other hand, they must equip their citizens with the skills and expertise needed...