Word: musts
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Specialization comes early in English schools--at 15 or 16, many must make the choice between the arts and sciences, and over the next three years are systematically tested and graded through the General Certificate of Education in a variety of subjects at both Ordinary (O) and Advanced (A) Levels. Admission to university will depend on A Level grades--and in the case of Oxford and Cambridge also on their own internal examinations...
This attitude and background must be understood to make sense of our university system. It is not something to be drifted into--but a precious and limited resource for a specific program of study. Hence most students on a 3- or 4-years B.A. or B.Sc. Honours degree do it straight through. Taking years off--except when built into a foreign language or science program--is frowned upon. Despite the introduction of "joint honours" schools in recent years, it remains true that choice is restricted by U.S. standards--if you study History or English, you do that and nothing else...
According to an FSU spokesman who asked to remain unidentified, an article in the union's constitution stipulates that both negotiating parties must agree to a contract's terms before it can be put to general vote...
...though, Ed King looked pretty nervous. His eyes darted around the platform, in front of Lynn City Hall all decorated with American flags and pots of yellow mums, like he was watching for someone to blind-side him from the left. And his mouth, drawn up tight, must have had a bad taste in it. Even the president of the United States couldn't stop the boos and hisses which greeted King's introduction...
...Harvard football player, the game with Princeton must have run the gamut of emotions. Tears mingled with lightning, embarrassment with hope, and when the officials inadvertently poked their noses into the affair, anger danced with disbelief...