Word: suggest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close friend calls him "calmly committed" but in strategy sessions and ideological discussions, he earns characterizions from some associates of "hardheaded", "arrogant", and "abrasive". Others suggest he is modest--more interested in promoting his ideas than plugging himself. A facile speaker, Molyneux may smile in conversation, but to make his point forsakes bubbly enthusiasm for the steady gaze and the hard sell...
...sitting on the Corporation and they're going to make the decision, and one students realize they've made the decision, they're not going to keep protesting--and there's no reason they should." He adds that the administration's policy is to oppose whatever student protesters suggest, on the grounds that they don't want to give in to student pressure. He concludes emphatically, "What emerges is a fairly conservative world view which is not neutral at all...He is playing a positively negative role," Molyneux says...
Concern over the discriminatory potential of Achievements has increased the desirability of the SAT, especially to those who believe that the exam tests some native ability--one distinct from external influences or curriculum variations. But testing moguls increasingly suggest that the SAT itself is an "achievement" test, albeit a general one. Indeed, the College Board itself has never subscribed to the view that the SAT weighs aptitude alone. "We're consistent in our description of the test as one subject to schooling and other influences...ETS never claimed it was a measure of innate or genetic factors," says Robert...
...admissions here, is emphatic about the scores' role as only one indicator among many--all of which cast light on the type of background that may have affected the scores. But few admissions officers think the tests' imperfections impairs their ability to predict performance. Ignoring the tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of "killing the bearer of bad news," says Robert E. Klitgaard '68, special assistant to President Bok and a testing expert, contending that admissions committees must consider a student's preparedness. Yale's David concedes both tests can be culturally biased, but that...
Disregarding standardized tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of 'killing the bearer of bad news.' Robert E. Klitgaard...