Word: tooled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Proposal Two will take away the ability of state and educational institutions to use the valuable tool that is affirmative action—a tool which, in reality, allows these institutions to make wiser and more informed decisions and, thus, to do their jobs better. We are disappointed Michigan voters rejected this logic, choosing instead to sacrifice diversity on the altar of false equality...
...TurnItIn offers more than just services designed to catch students in the act of plagiarism. “It’s a tool to help students understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it,” Kay said. She added that the company’s Web site “can help educate students and protect them from having their own work plagiarized by others...
That explains why the venture vultures are circling. According to Allan Will, chairman of Split Rock Partners, a VC group based in Menlo Park, Calif., the attraction is the speed to market, compared with, say, a surgical device. Clinical costs for a cardiovascular tool, for example, could reach $70 million, and it could take six years before it's marketable; for an aesthetics device, the costs and time frame are half that...
...attention not only made the Fox ad the most-watched video on YouTube last week but also raised the viral-video site's political profile. For all the hype over "The YouTube Election" (as the New York Times dubbed it), Web video has not proved to be a persuasion tool. It is an opt-in medium: you have to seek out videos or click on an e-mail link, whereas TV ads crawl through your cable line and hunt you down. In the partisan world of political websites, there are few undecideds; we are not exactly a society of people...
...though some may call for more rational argument, all too often nobody will listen no matter how reasonable one is. That’s why activists are so committed to holding rallies, plastering the campus with posters, or staging sit-ins. Activism executed respectfully yet provocatively is a necessary tool in ensuring the most important facet of a Harvard education—the cultivation of political awareness and engagement...