Word: obvious
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most dangerous scorers in the nation.Vaillancourt did not fail to deliver. The Olympian charged up the ice, faked out Bobcats goalie Jamie Miller and flicked the puck under Miller’s glove to give Harvard a 2-0 lead.“She was the obvious choice,” Cahow said. “It was a hands-down decision for our coaching staff. It was a great move and a clutch goal.”In the first half of the second period, the Crimson struck again on a strong effort by junior Sarah Wilson. Wilson rushed...
This is perhaps most obvious at No. 1, where sophomore Colin West has risen to the challenge of leading his team, putting up a 6-2 record—with his only defeats coming against the Tigers and the Bantams—despite playing against many opponents with more experience...
...Forthrightness has apparently been abandoned as an institutional priority. Administrators are unwilling to say what is obvious to most community members. The issue boils down to accommodating religious need (many of those who rallied for this change have even said as much). This policy has been put into place for women who practice orthodox religion—principally, Islam, though also some more conservative strains of Christianity and Judaism—and who are therefore unwilling to publicly wear the sort of athletic clothes that Western women might wear in a gym. The problem is not one of equality?...
...Jintao, China's President, has said repeatedly that the gap between rich and poor is one of the government's central concerns. In New Songjiang, the reasons for his insistence become obvious. Theoretically, migrant workers are supposed to receive some health-insurance benefits from the companies that hire them. But many, particularly day laborers who hook up with small contractors, do not. I spent one evening a few months ago in the emergency room of the huge, modern hospital in New Songjiang. In the space of about three hours, five construction workers were admitted, including one who had tumbled three...
...Measure Merit?To the business-minded people who are increasingly running the nation's schools, there's an obvious solution to the problems of teacher quality and teacher turnover: offer better pay for better performance. The challenge is deciding who deserves the extra cash. Merit-pay movements in the 1920s, '50s and '80s stumbled over just that question, as the perception grew that bonuses were awarded to principals' pets. Charges of favoritism, along with unreliable funding and union opposition, sank such experiments...