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Because the subsidy only applies to municipal libraries and schools teaching kindergarten through the 12th grade, Harvard telephone users may have to pay the increased charges without benefiting from the subsidy...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deregulation May Increase Telephone Rates | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...deeper meaning? It seems farfetched that such a panic could occur for no good reason and without consequence. We're way beyond normal price volatility here. Throughout history, daily Dow moves of 1% or 2% up or down have been relatively common. But Monday's 7% decline was the 12th worst ever; Tuesday's 4.7% gain, the best in a decade. Was the market right on Monday or on Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STILL ON A ROLL? | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...percentage basis, yesterday's 7.18 percent drop by the Dow only ranked as the 12th biggest ever and didn't come close to the 22 percent loss...

Author: By Bruce Meyerson, ASSOCIATED PRESS | Title: Dow Takes Largest Plunge in History | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

...attention and a deeper understanding of subjects. She built the school a grade at a time, starting with the seventh in '85, until the school had a Division I for seventh- and eighth-graders, a Division II for ninth- and 10th-graders and a Senior Institute for 11th- and 12th-graders--546 students in all this year, with 41 full-time staff members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO WELL | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...majors and seven minors). Those portfolios are judged by a graduation committee on the basis of how well they satisfy the five "habits of mind" that form the basis for the curriculum: evidence, perspective, connections, supposition and relevance. It sounds New Agey, but students understand. As Lohattis Hayden, a 12th-grader interested in sociology, says, "The way we learn is totally different. We read a lot of articles and literature, but we don't have to take a load of textbooks home. This school is more than just studying--it's looking inside yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO WELL | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

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