Word: tiered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...excel in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in extracurricular activities is often paralleled by a similar commitment to ‘improve’ their bodies.” Olivardia agrees, adding that it is “more likely to see [eating disorders] in your upper tier-schools...
...divisions as Harvard steered to within striking distance of each fleet’s lead. Sophomore skipper Genny Tulloch and senior crew Diana Rodin notched one win and three top-four finishes in the first five races in the first tier, finishing no higher than seventh, while second flight counterparts Sloan Devlin and Mallory Greimann shook off an opening eighth-place finish with four consecutive top-four finishes, punctuated by a win on the third course...
...Pinker as "a handsome man" with a hairstyle that "works equally well for Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant." But even if the Harvard psychologist didn't look like a rock star, he would still play to packed houses on the lecture circuit. He has something rare among top-tier scholars, an ability to convey complex ideas with clarity, flair and wit. That's one reason his books--most recently, The Blank Slate--make best-seller lists even as they make waves in academia. The other reason is those waves in academia. Pinker is on the forefront of an intellectual...
While the Crimson second varsity easily dispatched with the Bears in the three-way race, Brown held its own against the third-tier Harvard boat through the first 1,500 meters. But with the final quarter to go, the Crimson pulled away, finishing four seconds off the pace, but 2.3 seconds ahead of the last-place finishing Bears...
...also to find and develop relationships with southern tribes so that you could get the Taliban where it hurts." She is said to be galled by Clarke's critical comments because, say Rice associates, she went out of her way to keep the career aide in a top-tier position, against the advice of Administration officials who thought she should jettison someone so cozy with the Clinton national-security team...