Word: standards
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...personal exposure. But his contributions to science and society have come about as a result of the public's perception of him--regardless of its accuracy. As Mendelson says, Wald, with his creative intellect and moral convictions, has "pierced the mystique of science" and "set a new standard for scholars...
Jordan, who was born in Houston, Tex., in 1936, has backed legislation aimed at raising the living standard of and increasing opportunities for impoverished Americans, and vigorously supported efforts to extend aid to the elderly and disabled throughout her career...
...Harvard-Radcliffe admissions office operates with a dual admissions standard--considerations of both academic excellence and personal diversity enter into the selection process. The task force, chaired by John K. Fairbank '29, Higginson Professor of History, completely endorsed the dual principle...
...many ways the occupation is as benevolent as an occupation can be. West Bank Arabs hold free municipal elections, their newspapers-although censored-are probably allowed more latitude than those in any Arab state, and their standard of living surpasses that of their cousins in Egypt, Syria or Lebanon. Yet even West Bankers who remember that they were also second-class citizens under Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967 remain bitterly opposed to their Israeli overlords. Says the Arab mayor of Nablus, Bassam Shaka'a: "If I could communicate with the world, I would shout 'We want...
Despite the fact that the characters are based on historical models, they come out as standard-issue war-movie types. As a result, the film lacks the grandeur one sometimes finds in the literature of military history, where erroneous command decisions, flowing out of the psychological flaws of the generals, can take on a near-tragic force. It also lacks the common humanity of well-made war movies, in which one is invited to share the fates of a small unit whose interest is survival rather than the big historical picture. Aspiring to combine the two forms, A Bridge...