Word: basket
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knocked out of the top spot simply because he got a low grade in physics at the wrong time. But the truth is that many schools don't have a strict grade average-rank correlation. There are many reasons for this--most schools don't want their champion basket weaver and gym student beating out their science genius to become valedictorian. Some schools weight honors courses more heavily. Other schools decide to emphasize part or all of the senior year more heavily, figuring that it will be the toughest...
...nature of the game was difficult for Americans to capture. We're used to players carrying a ball toward pay dirt or jamming one down through the basket. All results, minimal process...
...Fourth of July reminds me of long, dusky twilight evenings filled with conversation among friends I had seen all summer. It was a tradition while I was in high school to go out to the lake with a picnic basket and lots of Avon's Skin So Soft. (The mosquitos in Dallas are larger than most birds in Massachusetts). The fireworks lit up the modern skyline of downtown and reflected onto the lake. If we could successfully fend off the mosquitos and avoid the ants, we usually had a good time...
...county school board when a cumulative election for that body knocked him off. "A lot of % people thought I had it made, so they split their votes," he says. "I've learned a lesson. With cumulative voting, you're running against everybody -- like you're a potato in a basket." The system, he claims, is fair to minorities but not majorities, "and ((white)) people don't like it. They don't like...
...very squishy orange last week in my Canaday dorm room, I discovered that I needed a useless piece of something to protect my futon from the juice and sticky orange peels. I opened my door and luckily found an untouched copy of the Harvard Independent in the basket...