Word: refocuses
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Summers has the right idea because getting rid of grade inflation is the only way to kill the cult of the “sigma” and refocus students from being perfect to actually learning. When the only acceptable grades in popular science courses are A and A-minus, top students are forced to compete brutally for those scores. If the B were restored to its position as an honorable grade, it would take much of the pressure off of those students to “be perfect,” as they have been for their entire careers...
With the Crimson still trying to find its legs after the exam break and its collective tank on empty thanks to the long weekend road trip, Harvard will need to refocus and put forth its best effort if it hopes to skate off with...
Martire lost the first set of her match 6-2, but managed to refocus and win the next two sets...
...BARRY BONDS. Home-run inflation robbed him of some of the attention he deserved, so let's refocus: his 73 dingers for the San Francisco Giants is one of the greatest performances in baseball's long history. He also set the record for walks and slugging percentage, held by one George Herman Ruth. With Mark McGwire retired, and the great Sammy Sosa stuck in the mid-60s, this home-run record won't be broken by anyone else anytime soon...
...Taliban are misguided, vicious men, and their treatment of women is like something from the Bronze Age. But they are not personally responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. We must refocus our efforts on fighting the al-Qaeda terrorist network and help the people of Afghanistan come together and rebuild their devastated country. CAROLYN ROBERTS Santa...