Word: tended
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...assesses the repercussions. ?There would be damn little justice and no mercy.? One of Stone?s stories is in fact called Absence of Mercy; nearly all his people believe themselves cut off from any possible solace and forgiveness. "These stories make clear what the longer expanses of his novels tend to obscure: Stone is, for all the glittery bleakness of his plots and settings, at heart a metaphysical writer, intensely interested?as was Flannery O?Connor?in the fate of people who cannot find a reason for their existence," says TIME's Paul Gray. "The husband in Helping who falls...
...assesses the repercussions. ?There would be damn little justice and no mercy.? One of Stone?s stories is in fact called Absence of Mercy; nearly all his people believe themselves cut off from any possible solace and forgiveness. "These stories make clear what the longer expanses of his novels tend to obscure: Stone is, for all the glittery bleakness of his plots and settings, at heart a metaphysical writer, intensely interested?as was Flannery O?Connor?in the fate of people who cannot find a reason for their existence," says TIME's Paul Gray. "The husband in Helping who falls...
...over the next decade and save up to 10 million lives. Furthermore, the organization said most countries could adopt the method at little additional cost to existing treatment strategies. Normally, TB medications must be taken for at least six months to be effective. But in many poor countries, people tend to stop taking the drugs the moment they feel better or to save money. This puts the rest of the world at risk by allowing stronger TB strains which weathered the initial stage of treatment to reproduce. The problem in Eastern Europe has in part been fueled by severe economic...
Phyllis Rosser, author of a 1989 book titled The SAT Gender Gap, said girls tend to perform better on algebra and computation questions while boys score higher on spatial reasoning and word problems...
Penn said that certain demographic groups tend to score lower because "the test reflects the kinds of opportunities people have." He said good predictors of a student's SAT score include such variables as parents' educational background, family income and geographic location. Poorer students and students from rural and inner-city backgrounds tend to score worse, he noted...