Word: tends
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Brown’s a very strong-starting crew, but we tend to focus less on the very beginning of the race and more on just wearing down the crew,” senior coxswain Jim Omartian said...
...Paxton chose to tell this story his first time behind the camera. Paxton clearly has learned the art of showing a story (as opposed to overtly telling his explicit intentions), but when actors decide to add the director title to their resumes, the tales they tell tend to be either acute, personal (melo)dramas or “idea” films that tackle supposedly weighty and relevant subject matters. Unfortunately, there is nothing personally touching to Paxton or particularly universal about the “religiously-motivated-murderous-sociopath” genre. Paxton does defy convention and wrench hearts...
...brick. Tourists come into the office asking what it is that they, as tourists, should do and should see. Because the newness of Harvard Square wore off for me some three and a half years ago, when questions like these are batted my way I tend to remain all silent stares and lethargic shrugs...
Because a spot on the coach’s list has more sway than even legacy or racial minority, and because athletes’ GPA’s tend to dip a bit lower than the average student’s, Harvard is now poised to change its admission policies regarding athletes. But the answer is hardly to cut them out of the college. Rather, we should examine the not-so-startling results of Shulman and Bowen’s research and ask ourselves why we place so much emphasis on academic performance above all other types of accomplishment...
...schools generally tend not to have the prestige of something like a business school, a law school or FAS,” she said. “That has to change if we want to change education, especially K-12 education, throughout the country...