Word: performance
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...drug works well on mice, he said, but that does not mean it will perform well in human trials...
...Overall, most schools perform in the middle third of effective educational practice--leaving ample room for improvement...
...intelligence continues its progression up the skill ladder. The first computers were designed during World War II with pen on paper and assembled by hand with screwdrivers and wiring tools. Today a computer designer sits at a graphics terminal and specifies sets of high-level design parameters. The computer performs dozens of intermediate design stages of circuit schematics, board layouts and even the chips themselves. Then other computers actually build and assemble these components into working systems. The tasks these machines perform required highly skilled engineers and technicians just a couple of decades ago. Such "computer-assisted design" software packages...
When the violinist Itzhak Perlman walked onto the empty stage last Sunday to perform a recital in celebration of the life of arguably the greatest violinist of the 20th century, Jascha Heifetz, the expectation that filled the magnificent Symphony Hall was palpable. Some would say Perlman himself has taken over the mantle Heifetz has traditionally held. Even for those who don't believe that, this performance would have strengthened Perlman's bid for the title...
Audience adoration figured prominently in the Dar Experience. The nearly sold-out house adoringly hung on her every word and lyric. They especially appreciated her older songs, cheering when Dar announced that she was about to perform an oldie. She acknowledges this, joking, "I don't take it personally anymore." Her solo performance of "The Babysitter's Here," a description of adoration from the perspective of a pre-teen taken from her first album, was one of the highlights of the show...