Word: rigor
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...system's arbitrary obstacles. A requirement in quantitative reasoning could be met by any course in the mathematics or statistics departments; a requirement in foreign cultures could be met by any upper-level language course. No student would feel compelled to take a course of lesser depth, breadth or rigor simply to meet a graduation requirement. Some cross-listings as well as an open, predictable petition process would still be required to account for the courses whose methods of inquiry differ from that generally practiced in their department--a political economy course in the Government department, for example...
...impeachment trial into limbo. Estrada had been hoping the trial would continue without the admission of the incriminating evidence, leading to an eventual acquittal that would restore him enough legitimacy to serve out his term. What he got instead, when the trial collapsed, was the onset of political rigor mortis: the Senate vote became the symbolic catalyst sending hundreds of thousands of Filipinos into the streets to rally at the People Power shrine built along Epifania de los Santos (EDSA) Ave., where praying nuns faced down tanks...
Mozna and Mohammed Imad buried Wael with a bloody gouge between his eyes where the bullet had entered. He still clung to the stone he had been about to throw. The surgeon at Shifa had been unable to free the rock from the rigor mortis in the boy's hand...
However, Schor has not only been an exemplary academic, she has been a beloved educator as well. Renown for her popular courses such as "Shop 'Til You Drop: Women and Gender in Consumer Society," Schor exemplifies that rare mix of intellectual rigor and concern for students that so many Harvard professors lack. The University will be hard pressed to find a professor as talented or dedicated to fill her roles...
...consist of artificially composed interiors and landscapes. Pursuing beauty, in Twice Born terms, involves an incredible attention to arrangement and an absence (premeditated?) of the human form. The paintings seem prompted by an experimental fascination with shape, line, material and color. There is a prevailing sense of aggression and rigor in the creation of the "beautiful...