Word: upward
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everyone knows about the upward pressure exerted by grade inflation. In 1996, only 19 percent of all grades awarded were B+'s; by 1991, that number had jumped by four percentage points. In 1996, grades below a B+ made up 43 percent of the total; 25 years before, they accounted for only 35 percent...
...tariffs. But even as the Japanese were applauding Hosokawa's refusal to cave in to Clinton, his government was calculating how to avoid a fight. Early in the week Tokyo was unnerved when the yen rose about 6% against the dollar while Washington stood by with arms folded. The upward pressure came from speculators counting on the U.S. to encourage a stronger yen to make American products cheaper in Japan. Because that would also cut into the profits of beleaguered Japanese companies that sell abroad, a 5% drop in the Japanese stock market quickly followed...
...rescue effort was for naught. Venting a death rattle, the patient "threw back his head once more and, staring upward at the ceiling with the glassy, unseeing gaze of open dead eyes, roared out to the distant heavens a dreadful rasping whoop that sounded like the hounds of hell were barking." The intern on duty assured Nuland he had done all that could be done. Conscious only of his failure, the doctor-to-be wept uncontrollably...
...dissatisfied with this recommendation, they may attend an amendments meeting a week prior to the final grants approval meeting. At the amendments meeting, student group can make a direct appeal to the committee for more funding. In some cases, the recommendations are revised upward...
...Finance Committee spends upward of 30 hours in debate alone on grant requests; there is quality control throughout the process. In the end, the committee will not satisfy every group. But the process is fair and the guidelines used are part of the process for good reasons...