Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That said, there are substantial areas in need of oversight so that the University's search for truth doesn't metamorphose into the Administration's search for money. Leverett Professor Jerry R. Green's Science Policy Committee issued a report this September urging the "separation of investment decisions from academic...
"Some people are wondering if this sets a precedent for the other lectures and if she's going to keep this approach for the rest of the classes," Le said.
Now it's a relief to know that Mr. Nicosia and Ms. Gams see no real problem with students repeating the same test, but their position is worth considering nonetheless. For starters, Mr. Nicosia's appeal to precedent does little to legitimize the practice of repeating exams. And Ms. Gams...
Is our national conscience so fickle as to forgive a terrorist for his crimes against humanity, without ever having tried him in a court of law--a mere matter of months after the most heinous of them have been perpetrated? In welcoming a man such as Arafat, whose hands are...
This sets a dangerous precedent. Already having robbed much of the world of a diversity of operating systems, Microsoft seems poised to march into the on-line industry, slaughtering all other competitors. The result is a situation in which one company--a decreasingly dynamic one--holds the power to set...