Word: 17th
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According to Gomes, the previously existing policy, which said ceremonies in Memorial Church could only be initiated if the couple possessed a legal document, goes back to the 17th century. For that reason, Gomes said, the Church needed to create new guidelines in order to host union ceremonies...
Latham tells his "true story of true love" in deliberate, prairie-flat language, strewing the landscape here and there with verbal posies and perhaps a few too many quotations from 17th century romantic poetry. Still, the style is right for what is, after all, the sentimental chronicle of two endearing octogenarians behaving at times like teenagers...
...play, the 1997 U.S. Open stood deadlocked among four players, all at a modest four under par. Three of them gave. Colin Montgomerie missed a five-footer at seventeen to drop to three under, then failed to birdie the par three 18th. Tom Lehman's approach shot to the 17th green bounced on the slope and rolled into the water, and Jeff Maggert simply disintegrated, three- and four-putting greens until he finished a distant fourth at one over par. The last man standing was Ernie Els, alone at four under after five straight pars, hoisting his second U.S. Open...
...from there, and that suggests that something is wrong with American schools. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, American fourth-graders ranked third in science (behind Korea and Japan) and 12th out of the 26 countries in math. In another study last year, U.S. eighth graders finished 17th in math and a woebegone 28th in science. The fact that younger students compare more favorably than older ones suggests that American schools may be slowing them down. Education Secretary Richard Riley says that?s precisely why President Clinton?s proposed national testing standards are so desperately needed. "Our elementary...
...Clyde courted the widow Gussie Lancaster, a childhood sweetheart who more than 60 years before had moved to California. "Latham tells his 'true story of true love' in deliberate, prairie-flat language, strewing the landscape here and there with verbal posies and perhaps a few too many quotations from 17th century romantic poetry," says TIME's Jesse Birnbaum. "Still, the style is right for what is, after all, the sentimental chronicle of two endearing octogenarians behaving at times like teenagers...