Word: testing
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...their first meetings with the Committee on Undergraduate Education, Seton, council Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '00 and committee chair John Paul Rollert '00 argued strongly against abolishing the use of Advanced Placement (AP) test scores to gain exemptions from Core science classes...
...defying reason and sense. The candidate first receives a "conditional offer" of employment which, ironically, is the easy part. According to a personnel officer, he or she is then subjected to an elaborate security clearance process that can take between three months and several "years." Beginning with a polygraph test and a thorough medical and psychiatric examination, the CIA invests a whole lot of resources into investigating the recruits...
Rather than calling for a "consensus," Albright seems to think everyone should come over to her view on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. She stated, "We must put aside partisan distractions and work together now." Partisanship is not an intrinsically bad thing. There are two major political parties because people have legitimate differences of opinion. Within those differences, we ought to work for compromise. But it is hard to compromise when Albright writes that serious leaders in both parties should take her position. Her Viewpoint reflects what is wrong in the current partisan bickering. Instead of finding a middle...
...stunned even the researchers shows that the same statins can reverse osteoporosis--at least in rats. New bone formation increased 50% in lab animals receiving statin drugs for a month, far exceeding the effect of today's osteoporosis options, such as hormone-replacement therapy and Fosamax. The true litmus test: trials on humans, which have yet to begin...
...have finally permitted this to happen," according to his 1974 evaluation. McCain also tells a psychiatrist that among the benefits of his POW experience "he learned to control his temper better, to not become angry over insignificant things." Included in the records is a 1984 IQ test. His score, 133, would rank him among the most intelligent Presidents in history...