Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expand his vision to the point, in fact, where he rejoices in human diversity and creative individuality and actively seeks it out. Social insulation, a striving for comfortable homogeneous groups, the frank institutionalization of arbitrary and unreflective prejudices--these do not contribute to that aim. Even if the racial criterion were eliminated, the general principle of an illfounded sort of discrimination would remain as an axiom of Princeton's entire social structure...
TIME'S choice for Man of the Year is no moral award. The criterion: who, for better or worse, dominated the news of the year...
While seniors in most of the Natural Sciences are judged only by their course grades, students in the five low fields face the additional obstacles of theses and general examinations. The Whitla report noted, in addition, that "even if grades were used as the only criterion, Social Science graduates would not receive in relation to their ability the same percentage of highest honor degrees...
NEXT week, for the 30th time since 1928, our cover will show the person chosen by the editors as Man of the Year. As most readers know, TIME's choice is based not on a popularity poll but on a single criterion: Who did the most in the year to affect the news for good...
...attempt to manipulate roommates will be made this year, Schutz declared. If the project's predictions compare favorably with the actual roommate choices made next April, he said the questionnaire might be used as a criterion for freshman roommate selection next year. It could be included in the admissions application, he added...