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...nearing the achievement of the legendary Mieczyslaw Horszowski, who continued to perform at the piano after his 100th birthday. Horszowski's mother had studied with a pupil of Frederic Chopin, and she gave her son his first lessons in 1895, when he was 3. In Horszowski's 98th year of musicmaking, people marveled at his longevity and were even more impressed by his artistry. Sandor explains Horszowski's endurance with the confidence of an insider. "I tell people that the first 90 years are hard," he says. "After that, it's easy...
...match may have come down to the experience of the Bantams (8-0), who won their 98th consecutive match...
...match may have come down to the experience of the Bantams (8-0), who won their 98th consecutive match...
Also placing in the top-100 finishers for the Crimson were junior Sameer Narang (26:00), and freshmen Jonathan Paul (26:16) and Kevin Lyons (26:16). They placed 69th, 97th and 98th, respectively...
...least trilingual," she said. One of the reputedly best schools in the city requires its three-year-old applicants to take a Stanford-Binet intelligence test. Since the school is also free, there's a lot of competition to get in. Only children who score in the 98th or 99th percentile are considered. We duly sent our son, Rover (not his real name; we're not that mean), for the $150 test, figuring he might, on a very good day, fluke it. Turns out he was in the 40th percentile. According to the literature accompanying the results, this meant...