Word: 12th
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...happening at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Mass., less than an hour away. The Topsfield fairgrounds sit right off of Rt. 1 North and house "America's Oldest" fair, founded in 1818. Beginning last Saturday and running through October 12th, the fair awaits visitors to take advantage of its attractions for only a $6 admission price. Why crawl your way to the top of the academic world when a money prize awaits you at the top of a greased pole? From carnival games to animal exhibits, Topsfield receives a 4.7 out of possible 5 points for originality. (A large minority...
Harvard began its peppering of the Quaker netminder in earnest 10 minutes into the game. Its first real chance came in the 12th minute, when senior back Ashley Marynick blasted a powerful shot that forced Kluetmeier airborne. The Penn keeper barely tipped it over the crossbar to keep her streak alive...
...clear that the score would not remain even long, and finally Yale broke through in the 12th minute. A Harvard foul set up a free kick just outside of the keeper's box, and junior Hiro Suzuki's cross found its target in sophomore Kurt Ahlstrand, who beat senior keeper Jordan Dupuis to give Yale a 1-0 lead...
...Wheaton, 12th year...
...deficiency of America's average students is a major reason for the woeful U.S. performance in the TIMSS exams. Too many schools, the report says, "have sacrificed the attainments of more average students in an attempt to bolster the performance of better students." As a result, American eighth- and 12th-graders on the whole lag below the international average in math and are not even within earshot of top countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. "The other nations of the world don't subdivide children on the basis of content. The content is the same for ordinary, average students...