Word: tested
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While we are in favor of using racial preferences as one factor in school admissions, the Boston Latin standard--which admits 50 percent of its class solely on grades and test scores and the other 50 percent on race, grades and test scores--is too narrow. Though the system admirably attempts to create a diverse class, it excessively compromises standards of fairness which the Boston lower courts have repeatedly recognized...
...nothing too controversial or risque, unless your town is likely to be offended by dice games and chaste kisses. It's also weathered the years far better than most other golden age American musicals, with much more grit and character than, say, Oklahoma or South Pacific, which can really test the patience of even the most adoring parents. Plus, high school kids can be cute when wearing loud checkered jackets and faking exaggerated "Nu Yawk" accents...
...year passed before Brown renewed Kingsbury's contract. Nickel said the university was waiting for Kingsbury to pass a neurological test; Kingsbury said he took the test and Brown officials stalled on reinstating...
Kingsbury said university officials told him the results of the test "were not satisfactory or encouraging," though, "at the time, I was in a state of considerable, rapid recovery...
CELL PHONE The first cellular phone was developed in 1973 by Martin Cooper at Motorola, and a test of 1,000 such phones followed in Chicago. The Federal Communications Commission authorized cellular service in 1982, and we haven't shut up since. More than a third of all households in the U.S. subscribe...