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...unusual analogy."If I'm unique, I might not fall under the scoring rubric," concedes Frederic McHale, a vice president at the Graduate Management Admission Council, which owns the GMAT. On the other hand, E-Rater is mercilessly objective and never tires halfway through a stack of essays. The upshot: in pretrial tests, E-Rater and a human reader were just as likely to agree as were two readers. "It's not intended to judge a person's creativity," says Darrell Laham, co-developer of the Intelligent Essay Assessor, a computer-grading system similar to E-Rater...
...report, which blasts Citibank for failing to follow its own procedures against money laundering, is expected to become more than just an investigative must-read. "The upshot of the report," says Gwynne, "will now be Senate hearings next year and the revival of a Justice Department probe." For its part, Citibank says the GAO got some of its facts and interpretations wrong, but that in any event the bank will cooperate with investigators. Keep watching for the next chapter...
...UPSHOT] A judge dismissed the case...
...UPSHOT] Fuggeddabowdit--judge threw out the suit...
...UPSHOT] The case is pending...