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...their own signature. As the movement has grown in numbers and sophistication, these personae have become less textual and more enigmatic. One of the most well known street art blogs, Streetsy.com, uploads daily photos of street art—postering, stensils, street sculpture, murals, decals, and other work whose merit transcends the pejorative “graffiti” label—in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere. What makes this site more interesting than the ordinary blog is the strange standard for attribution—the artists are anonymous, but even those artists...
However, others argue against the notion that the U.S. forced the reforms on Islamabad. The timing of the promotions was not extraordinary and the changes were made "on the basis of merit," says Talat Masood, a retired general turned military analyst. "These postings were in the normal course of events, with many of the officers due for rotation or retirement," he says. "General Kayani used this opportunity to bring in new people according to his [priorities...
...help improve student achievement as much and as quickly as possible. Most notably, Klein has incorporated a pay-for-performance model that rewards schools for increased student achievement. While this incentive-based plan represents a step in the right direction, more must be done in the way of individual merit pay for teachers to truly improve teaching in every classroom. Under Klein’s model, rather than appropriate bonus pay to individual teachers, schools that have made progress on their report cards over the last year will receive lump sums of money to distribute however they...
...While you should be at every home game this season, two in particular merit “can’t miss” status: Friday night’s game against Holy Cross (the second-ever contest under the lights at Harvard Stadium) and, of course, The Game...
...elaborate on why "no-comment" is a poor response? Not commenting on a rumor tends to raise the question, "Why is the target not responding to this rumor?" Hearers alternately wonder if there is some merit to the rumor, or if the target of the rumor has something to hide. The net result is that uncertainty increases. In experiments, my colleague, Prashant Bordia, and I have found that the no-comment condition results in an increased sense of uncertainty and gives credence to the notion that the [target of the rumor] is attempting to cover something...