Word: passingly
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...highest paying ones. This preference dates back to 1865, when a grateful President Lincoln pressed for a law that would favor those who "have borne the battle." Veterans of any war are entitled to a crucial extra five points on the civil service exam. If disabled vets pass the test, they automatically go to the top of the hiring list no matter how many others have scored higher...
...allowed to appease critics at home by amending the pact with an "understanding" clarifying the U.S. right to intervene to protect the canal's neutrality after 2000. But as of last week the pro-treaty forces remained short of the 67 votes (two-thirds of the Senate) needed to pass the pact...
Harvard then proceeded to turn the game around, and the fans on. It became 4-2 at 15:55 when Bobby McDonald fed a perfect backhand centering pass to Tommy Murray for Harvard's second tally. And 34 seconds later, with 3:31 remaining in the game, it suddenly became a contest, as retread Billy Nolen ripped home Barney Cook's face-off pass to make...
...members say they are looking for a happy medium between the current General Education program and the proposed core curriculum. Backers of the ERG proposal say a by-pass option would reduce enrollment in core classes and provide a greater choice of courses...
...council members, however apparently believe the by-pass would in the words of a Faculty member of CUE, "dilute the concept of the core." The council also split hairs over "student membership" and "student input" into the core subcommittees. Presumably, the latter is fine; but the idea of having official student committee members appears to be dead, at least for the time being...