Word: straightforwardly
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Choosing the other starter would be a less straightforward task. Based on last week's games. Jim Chenevey and Cecil Cox appear likely candidates...
...magazine seemed to have little in common. Shelby Coffey III made his name at the Washington Post as editor of the paper's Style section, noted for its trenchant, sometimes biting features. U.S. News & World Report, by contrast, has been a sober, conservative weekly that prides itself on a straightforward approach to events. But to Mortimer Zuckerman, the wealthy real estate investor who bought the magazine last June for $182 million, Coffey is "an ace and a treasure-house of ideas." Last week Zuckerman named Coffey, 38, as the new editor of U.S. News, replacing Marvin Stone...
...travels abroad have given Gorbachev more contact with the world outside the Soviet Union than most Politburo members have had. During a two-week tour of Canada in May 1983, Gorbachev impressed officials with his straightforward, modest approach and his grasp of agricultural statistics. "Unlike other Soviet figures, he didn't need a brief," says a high-level Canadian official. "He was a quick learner." At one point, then Canadian Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan bluntly told Gorbachev that he hoped the Soviets would continue their system, because "as long as you do, you will remain inefficient and will...
...critical difference is that at the new system uses a straightforward scale of grade point averages and counts all letter-graded courses toward a student's GPA. In order to receive College-wide honors under the new regulations, a student will have to attain a minimum overall GPA in addition to meeting separate departmental requirements. The College-wide standards agreed upon are an 11.0 GPA for cum laude in General Studies, 10.5 for cum laude, and 12.0 for magna cum laude. Requirements for summa cum laude are subject to annual adjustment by the Faculty...
...critical difference is that the new system uses a straightforward scale of grade point averages and counts all letter-graded courses toward a student's GPA. In order to receive college-wide honor under the new regulations a student will have to attain a minimum overall GPA in addition to meeting separate departmental requirements. The college-wide standards agreed upon are an 11.0 GPA for cum laude in General Studies, 10.5 for cum laude and 2.0 for magna cum laude. Requirements for summa cum Laude are subject to annual adjustments by the Faculty...