Word: criterion
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...Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson wouldn't discuss individual donors. But he shed light on the general procedure. He said the provenance of 15 contributions was initially questioned in an ongoing review by the campaign's "compliance team." Income was the criterion - dishwashers, waiters and cooks were flagged...
...Finally, the criterion for a new emblem of belief specifically excludes “social, cultural, ethnic, fraternal, trade, professional or military emblems.” This rule inadvertently discriminates against nonreligious people who do not expressly identify as atheist. There are many other identifying organizations and affiliations that may be equally important to a person besides his religion. The way in which a veteran is remembered should not be limited solely to his religion. Although there certainly may be cost constraints to the VA’s ability to provide any and every emblem requested, the VA?...
...first glance the elimination of a mineral deposit may seem too insignificant to merit sainthood. Indeed, the criterion of the early Church for sainthood was martyrdom. Even when popes established an alternative requirement of anywhere from two to four posthumous miracles, those have tended to be cures of dire, often life-threatening ailments. They were seldom conditions that the sufferer could have dealt with by other means, but simply didn...
...students’ comprehension of history as a form of inquiry and understanding,” as Historical Studies courses are supposed to do according to the 33-page guide. Yet for some reason they don’t count. Shouldn’t the primary (and perhaps only) criterion for determining what qualifies be whether or not a course fulfills the objectives laid out? Why are random characteristics like the number of students in the class considered more important than whether a course’s themes and aims fit perfectly with the description of what a Historical Study...
...from New Jersey who says he plans to apply to several of the highest ranking schools. "I told them that [the list] gives a good sense of where to get a good education in the United States, but you have to make the ultimate decisions based on your own criterion and judgments." Shum added that one draw for him is MIT's hacking culture, which he says is "something that a list can't take into account—you can’t quantify that...