Word: scopes
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...nearly five decades as a Harvard administrator, L. Fred Jewett ’57 oversaw the merger of the Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices, expanded the scope of Harvard’s recruitment efforts beyond white male New Englanders, and later in his career—while serving as Dean of the College—made the decision to randomize the House lottery...
...bulk of the strikes involved what are known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks, in which computers flood targeted websites with an overwhelming number of requests for information, bringing the sites' underlying networks of servers and routers to a standstill. The scope and coordination were staggering. At the peak of activity on May 10, hundreds of thousands of computers from around the world (likely tricked by malicious downloaded software) were bombarding Estonian targets with thousands of times the normal flow of data...
...time last year; visits to airline sites are down only 3% compared to last year at this time, explaining my "extremely full flight." Consumers' short-term economic outlook might be reflected in overall vacation plans. Examining the most common search phrases containing "vacation" indicate no pull-back in the scope of our getaway plans; the most popular vacation phrase: "Hawaii Vacation...
...watching them hatch. And cutting out field trips to Civil War sites and museums to drill social studies vocabulary words is not the way to build a love of history. Hands-on activities are, for many kids, the best part of school, the part that keeps them engaged. The scope of education isn't supposed to be based on what's tested; it's the other way around, says P. David Pearson, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, graduate school of education. "Never send a test out to do a curriculum's job," he says...
...Love and 2046). This is a road movie, which begins in Venice, Cal., then flashes back to and ends in New York City, with long detours to Memphis and Nevada. It's an itinerary any foreign filmmaker fascinated with with America would choose to illustrate the country's scope and variety...