Word: seconded
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Under such a system, firms would interview all applicants in the spring of their second year. Firms would then list preferences for applicants, students would list their firm preferences, and a matching program would pair students with firms...
...Fryhofer, something with volleyball clicked. Although she stayed in contact with the coaches of both the Crimson’s basketball and volleyball teams, Fryhofer had made decided in her second year of high school to pursue volleyball...
...year, for two reasons: to ensure that students remain in a safe, stimulating environment when parents cannot provide one at home; and to increase America’s academic competitiveness on a global scale. While this first justification reflects a dire need across lower-income communities, the second unfairly frames education in terms of test scores instead of well-rounded mental development. America would do well to lengthen school days and shorten summers, but only if this extra instructional time were devoted to enrichment activities like arts, clubs, and sports...
Managing Michigan's crisis is the state's governor, Jennifer M. Granholm. Talking recently with TIME in the parlor of her second-floor office in the state's capitol building, Granholm said that preventing a government shutdown before midnight Wednesday, the end of the state's fiscal year, "is going to require a level of cuts that people have not had before...
Much to the dismay of liberal critics and some health-policy experts, this so-called trigger plan would be offered state by state rather than on a nationwide basis. If insurers were determined not to offer an affordable choice in a given state, they would still have a second chance to meet affordability standards before the public option would kick in. Snowe, in her amendment, refers to the public option as a "safety net" plan, without specifying whether such a plan would have to meet the minimum standards for adequate insurance coverage defined elsewhere in health-reform legislation. She also...