Word: measuredness
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Yes, the test used to be called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but like so much about the SAT, even the name was causing controversy: some felt that the SAT measured only an aptitude for taking aptitude tests. Plus, the test's sponsors found that some students viewed aptitude as a...
What makes the JAMA study particularly noteworthy is its rigorous design. The researchers started with 309 test subjects who either had Alzheimer's disease or had suffered a stroke. These were randomly divided into two groups. One was given 120 mg of ginkgo extract, the other a placebo. Neither the...
TIME set out to track the flow of cash through a single large urban district--Baltimore's--to test the widespread assumption that urban schools fail because they don't have the money to do better. Last year the city spent $646 million on 110,000 children for a per...
The scariest part about working for Bill Clinton used to be his "purple rages"--violent bursts of room-shaking anger that could drain the blood from the face of even the most confident aide. Back then, Clinton's emotional engagement in his presidency could be measured by the intensity of...
Like typical girl meets guy stories, it's just a matter of time before the champagne bottle pops and, in Disneyesque fashion, all sorts itself out. Dermott, as one of two esteemed and veteran matchmakers, who are constantly battling one another, makes it his 24 hour mission in this tiny...