Word: substandard
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...City, Utah, and Rutland County, Vt., as well as several Massachusetts courthouses. The report outlines a cross-country trail of unprofessional conduct. Yes, the committee only found evidence of intentional falsification on one page—but the committee documented examples of “carelessness” and substandard scholarship throughout Bellesiles’ book...
...impressions of America are often based on urban myths fed to him by ill-informed aides. (At a past summit, according to Administration aides, Putin asked Bush whether it was true that chicken producers split their production into plants that serve the U.S. and lower-quality ones that process substandard chicken for Russia.) U.S. aides say that to help fight against this kind of misinformation, they are struggling to build relationships that go beyond Putin. "We need to go deeper into the well into other levels of government," explains an aide. --By John F. Dickerson
...consider their history of discrimination and make a pledge to admit women into their clubs in the coming school year. If no Final Club is willing to take the initiative on this issue, it seems likely that 30 years from now, Harvard women will find themselves in the same substandard social position they were initially relegated to when the College went co-ed over 30 years...
...eight touchdowns led all Harvard receivers, has returned to California to attend to an ill family member, but will certainly return for the fall semester. Byrnes, on the other hand, will not be taking the field any time soon, forced to withdraw from classes for one year after a substandard first term as a junior...
...news is that in India, you get first-class resorts built on a Third World foundation. Substandard road networks and power grids still place much of India deep in the developing world. While the government talks about revamping its decrepit state airlines and airports, it has yet to take action. "Appalling, desperate," is how one Western airline executive describes the first impression visitors tend to have of India's airports. Even so, she says, there is sufficient passenger demand to triple the number of flights into the country. But for decades, plans to open new routes and increase flights have...