Word: sectioning
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...used to teach section in trochaic meter. For those who didn't take English 10b, trochaic meter consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one (e.g., "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright/In the forests of the night"). For those who didn't take CS-51, sections covered everything from high-level artificial intelligence concepts to low-level assembly language instructions (e.g., "move $t7, $0 addu $t2, $t2, 4"). For those who struggled through either the expository writing or quantitative reasoning requirements, suffice it to say that's tricky...
...Advancement of Colored People and S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, attended a long and unwieldy council meeting on the constitutionality of the impeachment process. The word race was not mentioned once during the meeting, but its influence was felt in every section of the room. Some council members uttered disparaging words under their breath; others sighed in exasperation. But more than anything else, I experienced a keen sense of disappointment. I keep thinking that there must be more important things for Dr. Counter to attend to. I understood why he and other...
...irrelevant and unimportant? Why is it that in order to do well on a test we must familiarize ourselves with minor facts and extraneous knowledge? How can the memorization of titles and dates of 200 paintings in an art class be considered important? How does an entire section of ID's on a history test allow students the liberty of focusing on their passions? Is this what constitutes a well-rounded education...
While clever in its obscurity, Section 6001 is not an especially big giveaway by Capitol Hill standards. Rather, it is typical among the growing litany of examples of how Washington extends favorable treatment to one set of citizens at the expense of another. It's a process that frequently causes serious, sometimes fatal economic harm to unwary individuals and businesses that...
...along with Senator Richard Lugar, wrote to the President calling for "sustained interventions" with European Union officials to make clear that export quotas and licensing "are not an acceptable solution." By August, Dole and Glenn demanded that Kantor initiate a so-called 301 investigation. The name comes from a section of the 1974 trade law that gives the USTR authority to investigate foreign trade practices and impose tariffs in retaliation...