Word: minor
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Equally important qualifications--like teaching abilities--are practically ignored. Junior Faculty know very well that they will be evaluated largely on the body of scholarship they have managed to produce--hence the saying, "publish or perish"--with all other qualifications playing a minor role in the procedure. While the tenure process requires multiple rounds of evaluations of a tenure candidate's scholarship, the University makes no such formal attempt to gauge a candidate's teaching skill...
Undergraduate members said they had not kept the club "clean" and participated in behavior that resulted in minor damage to the club building...
With these two triumphs already under his belt along with a laundry list of other awards that span his long career, the 84-year-old physicist said he is nonchalant about this most recent honor and called it a "very minor thing...
From the University's vantage, despite the publicity afforded by the Web site-a minor annoyance for Harvard, which is accustomed to secrecy in its internal proceedings-the year has ended with vindication...
...Washington's few consistent foreign policy goals since the end of the cold war has been to maintain a major presence in Asia. American bases and security arrangements currently weave a net throughout the region from Okinawa to Diego Garcia. While China's navy can get away with minor adventures--barging around the South China Sea establishing outposts on little atolls is a favorite--there is no doubt that Uncle Sam still rules the waves. If China wants to dominate the region, it will need to unseat...