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...last month that the figure can rise by more than 500,000. If June is much worse, then the recovery is hardly taking hold. Second quarter earnings for banks will have to be relatively strong or the hope of a rebound in the sector, which the "stress tests" indicated is possible, will dwindle. Investors may begin to think that the test criteria were too liberal. If that happens, the public's faith in the capacity of the federal government's ability to find systemic problems in the financial sector and solve them will diminish quickly. Nothing could be worse than...
...team has gotten stronger every year over the past four years,” Balmert said. “We have amazing depth, as you could take any five of us to any tournament and get a similar result. That type of team can withstand the test of time, and our recruits next year will be great additions.” Sheldon echoed the graduating Balmert’s words on what to takeaway from the regional tournament this weekend. “This was our second time at this regional tournament, and I feel...
...theory that has gained influence among sociologists is that some members of stigmatized groups, when faced with stressful situations, expect themselves to do worse - a prophecy that fulfills itself. These expectations, which can occur even in otherwise fair (or fair-seeming) situations - such as, say, a standardized test - produce stress and threaten cognitive function. The effect is called "stereotype threat," and African-Americans, girls, even jocks have all been shown susceptible to stereotype threat. (See pictures of the world's most celebrated senior citizens...
Remarkably, the power of stereotype threat was enough to overcome true aptitude: even people who, according to screening tests conducted before the experiment, generally had good working memories and weren't prone to anxiety - in short, great test-takers - performed worse after being reminded of their age. The power of stereotype is so strong that it can overwhelm many of our other traits, which means that what you learned in kindergarten is true: you're only as good as you expect...
...Nesson’s blog, some of the nation’s top copyleft academics—the very people who Nesson had intended to recruit as expert witnesses for his side—had decried the idea. Fair use is typically assessed based on a four-factor test that includes such questions as how much of a particular published material is being copied and what effect the copying might have on the material’s value. Teachers re-producing a few paragraphs of a book for use in the classroom qualifies as “fair...