Word: ace
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...Achievement Tests measure much more directly a quality the student has even less control over: the quality of the high school curriculum. A student at a mediocre high school may have little chance of scoring well on the verbal SAT, but is he really any more likely to ace the Chem Achievement? Ironically, the fact that Achievements predict freshman grade point averages better than SATs do reflects this very imbalance. Obviously the best-prepared high school seniors will start out with the highest grades, but, as the admissions office constantly points out, there are more important goals than assembling...
...National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) committee yesterday formally unveiled a plan to increase the involvement of university presidents in college athletics while heading off what some see as an attempted power grab by a group of university presidents affiliated with the American Council on Education (ACE...
...Like the ACE plan, the NCAA's counter proposal, which was formulated by a group of college presidents and administrators, would set up a presidential commission. However, the commission envisioned by the NCAA would not have the far-reaching powers of the ACE commission...
...Middle America. The two hot-rod drivers are enacting the Automobile Age's axiom of machismo: Speed thrills. Ten seconds later, the cars barrel across the finish line and the winner steps out, shaking her shoulder-length hair, allowing herself a tight, triumphant smile. Shirley Muldowney, dragstrip ace...
Right-hander Denny, a 19-game winner during the regular season, retired the first two batters in the eighth but, when Al Bumbry doubled, the Phillies went to their bullpen, bringing on relief ace Al Holland...