Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patriots, 2-4 in their first six games, are 5-1 in the six games since then. At 7-5, they are tied with Cleveland in the race for the second AFC wildcard spot, although they have the edge because of a better conference record, the first tiebreaking criterion...
...early to tell whether producers are going to be able to change the TV program enough to prevent additional fallout. If not, USA Today: The Television Show is going to get clobbered by the very criterion its print twin finds so irresistible: national surveys...
Wide differences over how to see the historical Jesus cause considerable friction in the academic world. The sniping often focuses on methodology. A favorite criterion for critics who try to sort out the supposed actual words of Jesus from the inauthentic is "dissimilarity," a principle canonized by Bultmann and widely used by the Jesus Seminar, the controversial group that puts the authenticity of Gospel sayings to the vote...
Meese's self-proclaimed vindication suggests that the ethical conduct of the nation's chief law-enforcement official should be measured by an absurdly narrow criterion: managing not to be charged with a crime. In fact, says Humorist Mark Russell, Meese's "resignation statement set a new standard for Government service -- 'I am unindicted; therefore I succeeded.' " Ultimately, whether or not Meese succeeds in being vindicated will be left to the court of public opinion...
...legislation would bar the IRS from setting collection goals for agents or using the amount of money they bring in as a criterion for promotion. The IRS has an internal regulation prohibiting collection goals, but it is often ignored. On the door of an IRS office in Los Angeles, an agent told Congress, was taped a sign with the rallying cry: SEIZURE FEVER -- CATCH IT. The employee with the best seizure rate in the office was given extra time off as a reward...