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  • Equally, we have some pretty public scandals in some of the local Independent School Districts where administrators, rather than teachers, have instituted procedures which actively interfere with teachers being able to flunk students, for example, or to give grades commenserate with the quality of work a student turns in.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Teacher’s Unions 2009

  • If our current landlord charged rent commenserate with his taxes, he could never find tenants for this place - the rent would be way too high.

    for rent 2006

  • There seem to be some, but certainly not all, within the administration who recognize the Obami have failed to come up with a strategy commenserate with the danger posed by a nuclear-armed Iran or realistic about the nature of the Iranian regime:

    Hyscience 2010

  • There seem to be some, but certainly not all, within the administration who recognize the Obami have failed to come up with a strategy commenserate with the danger posed by a nuclear-armed Iran or realistic about the nature of the Iranian regime:

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • That's great stuff to know I guess, but where is the math skills, the science skills, the reading comprehension levels commenserate to our investment and how come our kids think you can communicate in written form without bothering to use vowels, comas of even caapitalization ..

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • That's great stuff to know I guess, but where is the math skills, the science skills, the reading comprehension levels commenserate to our investment and how come our kids think you can communicate in written form without bothering to use vowels, comas of even caapitalization ..

    SplicedFeed 2009

  • And an Officer’s wife would receive benefits commenserate with the rank of her husband at the time of death.

    Think Progress » Coulter on 9/11 Widows: ‘I Have Never Seen People Enjoying their Husbands’ Death So Much’ 2006

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