academic
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In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.
"There have been notable improvements in academic performance, and headteachers also report reductions in bullying," he explains.
From BBC
The research, detailed in an academic paper and a patent application, included more sophisticated modeling that reflects how drones actually fly, compared with other animal-inspired models that assume simpler styles of movement.
A private school which opened more than 100 years ago has announced it will close at the end of the academic year due to financial issues.
From BBC
As the images proliferated "I had ... this sort of desire to hide myself," the 36-year-old academic said, adding now "that fear has been more replaced with rage".
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
