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...that standardized test scores for fourth- and fifth-graders rose from 10% to 15% in every subject at a Utah public school the year after amplification began, though no other changes were made. Proponents like University of Akron audiologist Carol Flexer says the technology's greatest bang for the buck may come during early childhood when reading skills and phonics are introduced. "Without the even distribution of sound in the room from these systems, it can be hard for children to hear the difference between watch or wash or wasp," says Flexer. Her small but influential 2002 study published...
...coffee itself? It’s a straight buck for a small cup, and two quarters more gets you a large. Latte drinks top off at $3.25, a steal compared to most Harvard Square prices...
...free hotline for current or former pages - and their parents - to report any tips related to Mark Foley or to the page program. The hotline is Hastert's own doing. "As the Speaker, I take responsibility for everything in the building," he said in a statement Thursday morning. "The buck stops here. The safety and security of the students in the page program is imperative...
...NAME SCENE OF THE CRASH BIG BUCKS PANDORA'S BOX WALK THIS WAY JUST A DREAM ADRIANO MORAES WEIGHT 1,300 lbs. 1,400 lbs. 1,550 lbs. 1,800 lbs. 1,600 lbs. 185 lbs. AGE 5 5 7 7 6 36 BUCK-OFF %* 92% 100% 96% 100% 82% 42% INJURIES 0 0 0 0 0 18 (two broken legs) EARNINGS $3,100 $28,000 $26,000 $7,000 $9,000 $2 million *The percentage of rides in which the bull tosses the rider before 8 sec. For Moraes, it's the percentage of rides in which...
...hard-nosed foreign policy realists insisted that China's collapse was to the U.S.'s advantage. Some veteran cold warriors looked forward to the demise of the last communist regime in the world. To most Chinese, however, free elections were just a way for the party to pass the buck for its economic failure. To most Americans, the China crisis was just an addition to their existing economic woes, as Chinese investors frantically unloaded their U.S. assets...