Word: tended
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Comparing their performance to other possible performances by ethnic groups, they wrote, "Hindu and Buddhist dances tend to be viewed in Western culture primarily as ethnic dances, rather than religious. Their religiosity does not detract from the aesthetic appreciation of their performances...
...More often than not, students look to these popular classes to satisfy a Core requirement-not intellectual curiosity. Students tend to hold these classes to a much lower standard than they would an elective or concentration requirement...
...tend to believe that Armageddonistic forecasts are extreme, but then again, with the little amount of money in my bank account, it would hardly be a loss if the institution tanked...
Concentrations administered bydegree-conferring committees rather than academicdepartments earned generally higher approvalratings from the classes of 1997 and 1998. Of theconcentrations ranked in the top five by the classof 1998, four--women's studies, literature,folklore and mythology and religion--are committeeconcentrations, which tend to be smaller thantheir departmental counterparts...
...stations will never play more than 40 songs because they know that suburban dupes and office managers will keep their stereos and walkmen tuned in for at least a few minutes at a time--in other words, there's a market for the stuff. And those 40 songs will tend to be from a narrow range of tastes--the rule in commercial radio is "specialize to capitalize." If you want to hear a broader range of music, you have to look elsewhere. This is as true of classical music, for example, as it is of "urban contemporary." When...