Word: shortcut
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...example, some committee members said that while the tool could promote collaborative learning in the sciences, it could become a shortcut for learning in the humanities if students split up reading assignments and read one another’s notes...
...These days, Republicans have even less political incentive to cooperate with the President. Shattered after the 2008 election, the party nevertheless has found a shortcut back to power - and, especially in the wake of Senator Evan Bayh's planned retirement, has a chance to win control of Congress in 2010 - by positioning itself as Obama's automatic resistance. When its policy stances match those of the President (the surge in Afghanistan, a deficit-reduction commission), it has registered its support through clenched teeth and muted statements - or even abandoned its previous postures - lest it build up Obama...
...last September, there were officially over 17,000 North Koreans living in South Korea, triple the number from 2004, according to the Unification Ministry, the government agency in Seoul in charge of North Korean affairs. Almost 80% of North Koreans defecting today are women. "This is a shortcut for their adaptation," says Kang. (See pictures of North Koreans at the polls...
...health news is often a catalyst in a marriage. Those on their way to splitsville take a shortcut; those in (relative) harmony draw even closer. Those whose children do not like the new spouse hear more about it - and about the will. For these reasons, marital and estate-planning lawyers say, deathbed divorce is not as uncommon as you might think. (See pictures of famously unmarried couples...
...doesn't accept you, there’s still hope! Here's what has worked for us. Click refresh over and over again. Using the F5 shortcut (or command + R on Macs) will speed this up. Closing and reopening the browser also works sometimes. And if none of that advice works, you could just wait a day or two to fill out those sectioning forms...