Word: carolina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University of North Carolina's James A.Stimson, who was offered a senior position over ayear ago, doesn't find the lure of Harvardimpossible to resist either...
Unfortunately, logistical problems of casting long names like "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" in metal make most rings resemble brass knuckles--only less elegant and sans the functionality. What these objets d'art lack in subtlety, they make up for in garish hideousness. For those who don't want to lug half their body weight on a single finger, FM's Style Police have rustled up these choice alternatives...
Hill even had a chance to look into the other side of the mirror last December in San Francisco. While training for the Cable Car Classic at the Golden State Warriors' practice facility, Hill bumped into North Carolina's Ed Cota, whom he trails by less than one assist per game on the Division I leader board...
...North Carolina was practicing right after us," Hill says. "And I was kind of like, 'Man I want to jump into that practice and see what it's like...
Many teachers rave about the high-stakes exams, contending that they have galvanized students. But other teachers find themselves forsaking important lessons simply to "teach for the test." Even in North Carolina, whose soaring scores earned accolades in Clinton's State of the Union address, some teachers tailor upwards of 80% of their lessons to the test, according to a University of North Carolina survey. "Teachers must go way beyond textbook instruction," says Felicita Santiago, principal of a Brooklyn public elementary school, where teachers came in an hour before school to help kids get ready for the exam. "Preparing...