Word: essayed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...protests, Wisconsin shelved its all-or-nothing graduation test; the state now judges students on a portfolio of their work, including test scores, grades and letters of recommendation. Legislators in Massachusetts are considering a similar proposal. Florida has forsaken rote multiple-choice exams in favor of tests with longer essay questions and math problems requiring students to show their work...
While his insouciance is part of his considerable charm--especially in contrast to an opponent who would not only ace the exam but also write an essay for extra credit--it is ALSo part of what gives voters pause. When the subject gets serious and Bush doesn't, you have to wonder whether a man so in love with certainty, so impatient with complexity, is ready for the grave duties of the presidency. That may be why he was willing to entertain doubt last week when he agreed for the first time in his record-setting 131 executions to grant...
...September write an essay entitled "What I Did Last Summer to Prepare for the Presidency...
...Brien penned a humorous essay that ran in The New York Times on Sept. 13, the day his show premiered. The piece described a show that bombed badly and blasted the host (himself) as incompetent and bumbling...
...having a troublesome time determining what to write about for this essay. I had signed up weeks before to write, and now, sitting alone in my room, armed with a stack of previously published commencement-week op-eds, I couldn't think of anything original, innovative and useful I wanted...