Word: particularity
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...grading policy is one that has received particular criticism by students. While many other law schools use a pass/fail system, especially in the first year, HLS still uses letter grades, a move which some students say garners added pressure and competition...
Harvard's dominance on the glass put increased pressure on the Albany offense to take good shots, but the Great Danes were already struggling in that department. The Harvard defense held them to just 30.4 percent shooting in the first half. In particular, the Crimson took away Albany's most potent offensive weapon, the three-point basket, holding them to just 27.8 percent...
...doctors. According to CNN, a spokesman from California's Health and Human Services Department has tried to ease the pressure on beleaguered hospital staff by asking the public not to descend on the state's emergency rooms. After a stint in the Southwest, the flu is bearing down with particular force on the Northeastern states: Public health facilities across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia are dealing with a massive influx of patients suffering from a Sydney strain of influenza, this year's main culprit; a crop of other, non-flu viruses is also to blame for the crowded...
...which poses particular dangers to people with compromised immune systems, is distinguished from other bugs by several factors: Its onset is extremely quick, and it brings high fever, cough and sore throat, headaches, extreme fatigue and muscle aches. Although some sufferers, including the elderly and the very young, should seek emergency assistance if the symptoms are extreme, most flu patients will be advised simply to rest, drink fluids and take a fever-reducer such as Tylenol or Advil. "You treat the symptoms," says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith. "Flu isn't life-threatening - it just makes people feel horrible...
...alleged attacker was Michael Abram, 33, from the Liverpool suburb of Huyton. Nicknamed "Mad Mike" by neighborhood children, Abram was occasionally seen listening to a Walkman and serenading no one in particular from the balcony of his apartment. His mother told the Liverpool Echo that he had recently become obsessed with the Beatles but "hates them and even believes they are witches." He wore a Walkman, she said, "to stop voices in his head...