Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have their improved writing reflected in a grade, so you should be tough on the first essay," the guide reads. "Don't be afraid to give C's and even D's. If you start giving all B's and A's, your grades will have nowhere to rise...
Harvard then went on to notch solid victories over Washington & Lee and Bucknell at the Navy Invitational. At that point, expectations began to rise...
Nevertheless, PBHA managed to rise above the conflict that plagued its year. By lifting a four-month moratorium put into effect by last year's officers prohibiting new groups from applying for admittance to PBHA, it allowed itself the potential to grow...
Knowles also says he is pleased by the rise in the number of tenured women Faculty over the last five years...
Todd says that last fall, when he taught Literature and Arts C-30: "How and What Russia Learned to Read: The Rise of Russian Literary Culture," he wanted to lay the groundwork for the course in the first three lectures...