Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...change that means the most to critics of education is that Stanford's test scores are on the rise--particularly in mathematics, where the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders were, respectively, in the state's 77th, 74th and 66th percentile rank. Another measure of the school's success is its desirability: four years ago, the school accepted every student who applied; this year 200 students had to be turned away...
Moreover, if we accept your classification of China as "truly evil" how should we then describe rouge states such as Libya, Iraq and North Korea, to name but a few, which by any objective measure must rank much higher on the Most Sinister Nation scale than does China...
...married too and had kids, and we rank our families above our professional accomplishments. Jane Hughes, wife and mother of two who has worked for 25 years as "a change agent" in government and in foundations, says her "biggest surprise has been discovering that my family is the axis of my life, not my work." Susan Butler King Brown feels bewildered over having kids so late: "Would this have been easier in my 20s or 30s?" Lucy Lee Grimes Evans lists "mother of four" as her occupation even while decrying, as a member of her local Democratic town committee...
...empty suit with a famous name," says Ken Paff, chief organizer for Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Carey's main base of political support within the union. But Hoffa is wired for a fight this time. He has spent the past two months traveling the U.S., rallying the rank and file and invoking theories of conspiracy. "The government doesn't want me to run," he snaps. "They want to control the Teamsters. When we take over, we will reinvigorate this union and change its course forever...
Despite his journal, Stuart never rises far above the plot-aid rank of Nicholson's other characters. A tour guide with an uncanny knowledge of London, Stuart seems merely manufactured to attach himself to Judy (the self-declared incarnation of the city), clinging long enough to influence the story before breaking off like a virus--never quite away from her, though never really part...