Word: saivetz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carol R. Saivetz, executive director of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, said the 1973 war in the Middle East was by far "the closest we ever came" to armed confrontation...
...give a B+, I feel the student has done a tremendous amount of work," says Carol R. Saivetz. "It's not a slouchy grade by a long shot." Saivetz's attitude is common among graders. Threatened by accusations of grade inflation, tutors and TF's swim in aggressive verbal circles like sharks tasting blood in the water. Maxine Rodburg, preceptor in expository writing, sounds ready to bite. "In my class, people wouldn't see B+ as the average grade. I don't give them lightly." She adds, perhaps unnecessarily, "I'm not naive...
...professors of TFs will admit that they award a surfeit of B+'s just to protect themselves. But some come dangerously close. "I know there's been a lot of hoopla around here about grade inflation," says Saivetz, "so I hesitate to give out lots...