Word: teste
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...these gates—how like the Chinese examination system. It is bigger and badder than the SAT, because Chinese colleges look at nothing else but this single test when accepting students. Gao kao—a phrase feared among high school seniors—represents a one-time chance to determine a significant portion, if not the rest, of your life. It is one of China's most unrelenting dams, after which students trickle into universities and later ooze into the job force...
TIME: I thought I'd talk to you a little bit about the whole degree to which this is really a test of leadership. The fact is that no President has been able to pull off anything on this order of magnitude in 44 years [since Congress passed Medicare and Medicaid]. President Obama: Well, as you point out, the last time we did something of this magnitude was 1965. And the circumstances in some cases were similar - in some cases were profoundly different. Obviously LBJ had just won a landslide re-election and had huge majorities in the Senate...
...press gets bored with the details easily, and it very easily slips into a very conventional debate about government-run health care vs. the free market, etc., which is not at all what the real debate is about ... And I will say that this has been the most difficult test for me so far in public life, trying to describe in clear, simple terms how important it is that we reform this system. The case is so clear...
...what about all those unlucky couples whose early years are marked by nothing but peace and happiness - what is their litmus test? There are two key predictors of a resilient relationship, experts say: mutual support and a willingness to sacrifice. In a recent study of newlyweds who became first-time parents, Gottman found that two-thirds suffered sharp drops in happiness during their child's infancy, under the strain of new parenthood. But for one-third of couples, the experience was cohesive and increased intimacy. Gottman says he could predict which couples would blossom under stress: those in whom, years...
...before you go seeking disaster just to test your spouse, remember that resilience evolves over time, as long as couples make it a mutual priority - and that takes patience. Keep in mind also that over the long haul, the health and mental benefits of marriage are countless. Says Diane Sollee, a marriage and family therapist and the founder of SmartMarriages.com: "You've got to know that you actually do better if you hang in there...