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...report, which represented the first independent accounting of the pattern of sexual assaults at the Air Force Academy, uncovered a harrowing and grisly reality. “Sexual assault is a part of life at the Academy”—more than 140 allegations of sexual assaults were made at the school from 1993 to 2003. While this statistic is harrowing in and of itself, the further finding by the Department of Defense’s Inspector General that “80.8 percent of the females who said they have been victims of sexual assault...
...explain that “the single biggest trouble with time use for nearly all students who struggle is their pattern of studying in a series of short bursts” and that students should “dig in and engage one piece of work for hours at a time.” Are you really talking about hitting the books? Or is this a metaphor for something else?...
Despite West Nile’s short history in the United States—it first appeared in New York City in 1999, claiming seven lives—Epstein said he is able to point to an emerging pattern that tends to support his theory...
...when she played with her friends, she always wanted them to play her way--her story, her costumes. And I would have to say, 'Sofia, not everyone wants to play your way.'" But the kids, inevitably, did want to play Sofia's way. Says Eleanor: "She had that pattern of somehow gathering everyone's enthusiasms, which is very much like a director...
...perfect working editor at exactly the right level,” the former Crimson editor writes. “Sussman was not simply encouraging, he brainstormed the story, trying to put the pieces together, fitting them and refitting them until, finally, slowly, there was the beginning of a pattern...