Word: nailing
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...mathematical models of memory. He says he favors achievement over aptitude tests partly because his university's research shows that the SAT II subject-based tests are just as good at predicting success at U.C. as the regular SAT. "When I saw that data," he says, "that was the nail in the coffin." But according to an exhaustive 2002 College Board study, the most accurate predictor of success in college--at U.C. and everywhere else--is a combination of high school grades, SAT scores and SAT II scores. The changes Atkinson has wrought may alter instruction at the "upscale private...
...that woman on the bus next to you really painting her lips with pink nail polish? No, that's Lip Polish, a new line from Lorac that comes in colors like Amuse, the bright-pink shade worn by Jessica Simpson of MTV's Newlyweds. "We wanted to create something small, chic and playful," says Carol Shaw, founder of Lorac. As a bonus, the consumer gets a gloss that is scented with a hint of vanilla and mint. --By Alix Strauss
...last year was an improvement in this realm. But judgment by a defendant’s peers may not produce more fairness in the Ad Board process. Adding token students to a board of dozens of administrators might bring to a quaint advisory capacity that helps the Ad Board nail down the reality of student life at Harvard, but their position as peers of defendants—rife with the potential of conflicts of interest and breeches of confidentiality—is disconcerting. The Ad Board is a gravely serious institution, so much so that it cannot be left...
Still, the Crimson players will have a hard time denying the two teams’ recent history of ugly fouls, nail-biting matches and heartbreaking finishes...
...next time you hear Kylie Minogue that sometimes a foot just wants to tap. As for the more flamboyant gays, don’t be so quick to judge them. One of these days, you just may find yourself waking up next to a boy wearing chipped black nail polish. And as you smile and roll over, remember what Dr. Seuss once wrote: “A person is a person, no matter how gay.” Something like that...