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...feel that a uniform standard against which all applicants are measured is an essential part of the college admissions process in a nation where high schools differ greatly from district to district. Grade inflation is rampant at some high schools, but nonexistent in others. Small schools cannot offer students the same opportunities to take advanced courses as larger ones can. A test like the SAT is one tool, among others, that helps admissions officers to fairly evaluate students from radically different areas...
...early this year, rumors were rampant that job cuts were coming. But Dell traditionally kept a 10% to 30% buffer of temps and contractors, who normally get the boot during slow times. The company usually lays off an additional 10% of full-time staff after annual evaluations in February. The regular staff had hoped that those traditional purges, which happened again this year, would be all that were needed...
...demise of rampant file-sharing and not paying the right people will probably lead to a better service," said President and CEO of Rioport.com Jim Long. "It will be a much nicer future even though it won't be free...
Charles Oakley's comments recently about the drug policy and rampant violations around the league certainly raised a few eyebrows from fans and commentators. Ultimately, though, the news was rather un-newsworthy. But the veteran power forward has seen a lot in his career, and as one of the last of a dying breed of pure hustle, minimally talented players in the NBA, there may be some sage-like wisdom in his rather nonchalant assessment of recreational drug use among professional athletes...
Between Potter's petty pouts and the grossly implausible plot twists, exacerbated by the clumsy adaptation, it looks like this shabby attempt at thrills and chills will be quickly relegated to the "been there, done that" pile. What with rampant murders, prosthetic faces, and a thermos full of diamonds thrown out a train window (don't ask), Along Came A Spider verges on the absurd. One would at least think that Freeman is talented and dependable enough to be able to choose better movies. Or maybe screenwriter Marc Moss just has to learn that what may be good...