Word: aceing
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...math, sciences and literature, and making sure our kids take them; better teachers; changes in study habits; and above all else, a new burst of self-confidence. We've got to believe that even at their most bigoted, whites never came up with a test blacks couldn't ace, including the SAT. We've got to make second-class scholarship--and low test scores--as intolerable to us as second-class citizenship used...
Absent that big hit, the Crimson played strongly. Senior ace Chelsea Thoke made her first appearance of the season in relief of Brotemarkle in the second. Thoke pitched four innings and gave up three runs...
...math, sciences and literature, and making sure our kids take them; better teachers; changes in study habits; and above all else, a new burst of self-confidence. We've got to believe that even at their most bigoted, whites never came up with a test blacks couldn't ace, including the SAT. We've got to make second-class scholarship - and low test scores - as intolerable to us as second-class citizenship used...
...Quest, Ron Carter is the rare bassist who propels music as much with his ideas as his skills. On this, his first album-length experiment with Latin jazz, Carter realizes that others have come before him, so rather than beat the congas to a pulp, his expert quartet, featuring ace percussionist Steve Kroon, flirts with them. Latin classics like Besame Mucho and Corcovado are splendidly reworked into disciplined, mid-tempo jazz tunes, while samba-flavored Carter originals Loose Change and Mi Tempo prove that playing in the cultural middle ground has its own intellectual thrill...
DIED. J.E. (JOHNNIE) JOHNSON, 85, Royal Air Force flying ace who during World War II downed 38 German planes, the most by any fighter pilot in the European theater; in Derbyshire, England...