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Air Group 11 illustrates a subtle but important problem in the integration of women into the ranks. There is no allegation that these women were crudely harassed like the victims of the 1991 Tailhook scandal. Rather, it appears that the female pilots aboard the Abraham Lincoln were quietly ostracized and derided. Warriors talk about "unit cohesion," the intricate relationships that bond fighting men together. Because soldiers die for their buddies, not out of abstract notions of patriotism, these bonds can make the different between fighting and fleeing. The Pentagon insists that women are now being welcomed into the fleet and that their failure rate is not significantly higher than that of male pilots. But the experience of the female fliers aboard the Abraham Lincoln -- or the "Babe," as it was quickly dubbed - shows that some deep prejudices will have to be overcome before women can be accepted as top guns.
Parents and educators readily agree that reading is the key to success in school. However, there is much debate on which methods are most effective for teaching students to read. Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), an activity in which both students and teachers simply read for short periods each day from self-selected materials, has been determined to provide many benefits to students, both as a means of increasing language proficiency, and to improve students' attitudes toward reading. As an extension of this in-class activity, students are often required to spend a certain amount of time outside of class reading self-selected books, that is, pleasure reading. This is commonly referred to as Home Reading, and efforts are frequently made to involve parents in the selection, participation, and/or monitoring of the reading experience at home.
One of the world' greatest chess players was forklifted into the San Jose Convention Center last week and plugged into an electric outlet. And with the flip of a power switch by IBM scientist C.J. Tan, a semblance of intelligence flowed through Deep Blue Jr., the chess-playing computer. ... Corporations pay a million dollars for computers like Deep Blue Jr., which are used to sift through databases and look for patterns. For example, Deep Blue Jr. could be used to analyze shapes of molecules in the design of new drugs. In performing this task, the computer determines what is important and what should be done next, much the same as a chess player.
English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where it is used for administration, broadcasting and education. In these countries, English is a vital alternative language, often unifying huge territories and diverse populations. When Rajiv Gandhi appealed for an end to the violence that broke out after the assassination of his mother, Mrs Indira Gandhi, he went on television and spoke to his people in English. In anglophone Africa, seizures of power are announced in English. Then there is English as a foreign language, used in countries (like Holland or Yugoslavia) where it is backed up by a tradition of English teaching, or where it has been more recently adopted, Senegal for instance. Here it is used to have contact with people in other countries, usually to promote trade and scientific progress, but to the benefit of international communication generally. A Dutch poet is read by a few thousands. Translated into English, he can be read by hundreds of thousands.
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What is the Passive Voice?
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Samples of Passive Voice usage
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