Word: scale
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...November Harvard Square has first full scale riot in at least 10 years. Princetonians had too much to drink at Cronin's, and started a riot, ostensibly over the football game. Broken up at 2 a.m. by police--15 arrested, none injured, two false fire alarms, an hour-long traffic jam and five flat tires...
...classmate reports that she got a B in Chemistry after earning all As on quizzes and labs. When she confronted the professor, he replied that the class was graded on a sliding scale, he could give just so many As and those had to go to boys because they need them to get into medical school...
...When she confronted the professor, he replied that the class was graded on a sliding scale, he could give just so many As and those had to go to boys because they need them to get into medical school," Davies writes. "Even more dismaying, she accepted the explanation without argument...
...those killed in Vietnam launched an "Interactive Widows of War Living Memorial" on the Internet. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982), the Korean War Veterans Memorial (1995), the Women in Military Service for America Memorial (1997) are all replicated in a number of states and towns. In 1998 a scale model of the Vietnam Memorial wall, called a Healing Wall, became a traveling exhibit so that people in local communities could experience the feelings of those who visit the original in Washington...
...combination of Allegheny Air, Piedmont Air, Pacific Southwest and Mohawk Airlines... The new mega-carrier will boast revenues of $26.5 billion from multiple hubs on both coasts and 6,500 daily flights, nearly twice as many as its nearest competitor, American. Like any merger, it's an economy of scale - more northeastern flights feeding seamlessly into those lucrative long-distance flights means more one-stop United shopping for flyers, which means more money. Which is why United was willing to pay $60 a share - in cash, not stock - for an airline lucky to be at $25, a generous premium even...