Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grade inflation is a problem in that it's something that is happening," says Christopher P. Jones, professor of classics and history and a member of the CUE. "Over the past twenty or so years there's been an upward shift in grades given at Harvard. If that's a problem or that's just something that happens, I'm not sure...
...think students are getting smarter--probably there is objective data to support that--though I doubt that effect can explain the entire shift in grades," he says...
...many patients, TennCare has been like a balm. Those people who never had health coverage are "happy just because they have a TennCare card in their pocket," says Gordon Bonnyman, a Tennessee legal-services lawyer. And many Medicaid recipients like the shift to managed care, since it provides an opportunity to build a relationship with a primary-care physician...
...ridiculous rhetoric of the full-page ad didn't surprise us--over the course of the fall we have seen an endless number of ads and posters asking us if were ready to change the rules of the game, to earn the future, or to participate in a paradigm shift. But this ad stood out in the morass of meaningless slogans and reminded us that their emptiness is in no way innocuous...
Captain Brad Konik practiced this week and will be dressing Friday night. His status is day to day, though, and although he will at least play in penalty killing situations, his playing time in the regular shift is still uncertain...