Word: performance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard started to perform the little things that it never really executed under former coach Ronn Tomassoni. Little things like a penalty kill during the second period, when freshman defenseman Aaron Kim simultaneously took out Duval and pushed the incoming pass out of the zone...
...this week, the outcry of Sox fans achieved a modicum of validity from a rather unlikely source. Dr. Carmen Puliafito, who chairs the ophthalmology department at Tufts University School of Medicine, was so upset by blown calls during the American League Championships that he offered to perform free eye surgery on any Major League umpires who qualify. His reasoning? Dr. Puliafito postulates that many of the umpires are, in fact, secretly nearsighted...
Before applying, offenders would have to perform public service, get a GED, complete drug therapy if needed and remain conviction-free for five years. The records would be sealed except for law enforcement and for future criminal proceedings...
...task force] was not convened to work on how to improve all students who under-perform," Miller said. "Nowhere will you find in the report a finding that we should do less for any disadvantaged kids...
...said the committee focused on the fact that African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans tend to under-perform white students, even when differences of parental education or socio-economic status are taken into effect. They also do not do as well academically in college as their high school grades or SAT scores would suggest...