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...Scholastic Aptitude Test by the College Board, a nonprofit group of universities and other educational organizations. The original test lasted 90 minutes and consisted of 315 questions testing knowledge of vocabulary and basic math and even including an early iteration of the famed fill-in-the-blank analogies (e.g., blue:sky::____:grass). The test grew and by 1930 assumed its now familiar form, with separate verbal and math tests. By the end of World War II, the test was accepted by enough universities that it became a standard rite of passage for college-bound high school seniors. It remained largely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standardized Testing | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Setting up just inside of the blue line, Farni blasted a shot towards the goal. Garcia knocked the puck down, but Harvard crashed the net and Spurling slammed home a rebound in the ensuing scrum to put the Crimson...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 6 Harvard Continues Run, Knocks Off UConn | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...find - "design, seeing the big picture, connecting the dots," Pink says. He cites cognitive skills and self-direction as the types of things companies look for in job candidates. "People have to be able to do stuff that's hard to outsource," he says. "It used to be for blue collar; it's now for white collar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Job Market: Is a College Degree Worth Less? | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

...difficult to take Klein seriously as a journalist when he sprinkles in observations about Clinton's appearing "freckly without her makeup" and wearing an "electric-blue shift" rather than a jacket and pants. Why don't we read more TIME stories about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' facial appearance and choice of pants? Is it because this is irrelevant to the story? Mike Hamilton El Paso, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...difficult to take Klein seriously as a journalist when he sprinkles in observations about Clinton's appearing "freckly without her makeup" and wearing an "electric-blue shift" rather than a jacket and pants. Why don't we read more TIME stories about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' facial appearance and choice of pants? Is it because this is irrelevant to the story? Mike Hamilton, EL PASO, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give 'Em Hell, Hillary | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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