Word: upping
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The question remains whether it's a good policy for schools to identify certain students as unfit. Good arguments can be made both ways. There is no doubt that many bad students really are the victims of circumstance and that preserving their self-esteem may allow them to stay afloat...
"A little red flag goes off when we hear those calls, and we follow up to see if there's some organizing that we can do there," Lim says.
Now I realize that there are students who are far smarter, more productive and more deserving than I. At first I was bitter (after all, by pretending that no one is less qualified we make it harder on people who end up realizing that they are less qualified). But I...
Landlords have taken advantage of the housing shortage by evicting older tenants and increasing rents up to 300 percent, an action that would have been impossible under rent control.
For the second straight game, Harvard scored 50 or more points in the second half, but with the Red Foxes muscling the ball inside and picking up offensive rebounds, the Crimson defense was unable to make Harvard's offensive prowess count.