Word: leeway
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...generation labeled X was a target market all too aware of being targeted [SOCIETY, June 9]. Dismissing us as do-nothings gave us plenty of leeway to do everything we wanted while no one was watching. Distrust for Big Business? No kidding, when it bends over backward trying to sell us a prepackaged identity. Disillusioned? Sure, about the kind of future we would have if we followed "the rules." Set to rule the world? Definitely, by being the first people in generations to define ourselves on our own terms. ELIZABETH BOUGEROL New York City...
...always felt I was given lots of leeway to use my own judgment about how students are doing and what they need," Makkai says...
...learned, how you've studied and depth of knowledge is what the generals are supposed to test--but they don't," Talusan said. "They're severely biased.... The department makes you feel that there is leeway in the exam, but I think that leeway is a fallacy. It's open-ended in a very, very limited way--they definitely want you to know a set of texts...
According to William R. Fitzsimmons III '67, the dean of admissions and financial aid, Knowles gives the admissions staff a good deal of leeway in making decisions...
...nice to play with a lead," freshman defenseman Matt Scorsune added. "You've got leeway, comfort...