Word: standardism
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...doesn’t feel good that whenever I get on a plane out of Guatemala, I see one or two families taking a baby to the United States. Sure, under the best circumstances, the children are gaining a good home, a higher standard of living, and a better education, but all this comes at the expense of a country’s dignity...
...lithe daintiness rarely shown by the venue’s typical visitors. The event—held on Saturday—was host to mainly new dancers, although some in the Bronze and Silver categories had more experience. Teams were assessed based on nine dances arranged in four styles: Standard, Smooth, Rhythm, and Latin. Over 300 couples from the greater Boston area registered to participate in the competition. Clipboard-bearing judges in black suits patrolled the floor’s perimeter as the six-hour competition waltzed on and every round whittled down its competitors by about half. Some...
Although other required fields have worldly applications as significant components of their courses, their philosophies emphasize the importance of understanding the fundamental principles of those fields. For example, the science and technology requirement is standard in its expectation that “courses in this category should teach key scientific concepts and the principles underlying relevant technologies…” Another example is the description of the “United States and the World” requirement, stating that students should receive an “understanding [of societies’] origins and histories...
...their aim is to help students understand the interplay between religious and secular institutions, practices, and ideas.” This apparent exclusion of the basic principles of religion from the reason and faith requirement makes it seem that the general education report is holding religion to a different standard than the other fields. Instead of teaching students religious principles, reason and faith courses will “help students understand the interplay between religious and secular institutions, practices, and ideas...
...that allowed them to redistribute votes that had already been cast. In one instance, the testers had to take the machine apart with a screwdriver--an act likely to draw the attention of poll workers. But in two others, they were able to quickly infect the device with a standard memory-access card in which they had installed a preprogrammed chip. Other computer scientists have also breached electronic voting machines. Congressman Vernon Ehlers, a Michigan Republican who has been holding hearings this fall, says manufacturers "have produced machines that are very vulnerable, not very reliable and I suspect fairly easy...