Word: competitors
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...about academic danger signs. Composite scores on the ACT test, an Iowa-bred competitor of the SAT exam, have been drifting downward since 1972. Meanwhile, almost 70% of the West seniors who took the ACT test this year had a grade point average of 3 or higher out of a possible 4, compared with only 39% in 1970. For the past four years, A's have been the most commonly awarded grade. Says Senior Kyle Schulz: "If you get a C, that's terrible...
...confrontation with the politicians who regulated their industry. Furthermore, Schorr's reliance on the Village Voice rather than his own company as a vehicle for the release of the document irritated the network, even though he had offered CBS an opportunity to publish the report before resorting to a competitor...
...Paul has great running instinct, excellent speed and super acceleration," the veteran mentor continued. "He's a natural leader and a great competitor; in fact, anything positive you could say about him is true. Connors is just an outstanding person," Park commented...
John Higginson, coach of Harvard's lightweight crew and a competitor himself, called the regatta 'splendid,' adding that Harvard's crew teams did not consider this a high-pressure event. "It's only a matter of pride, and the pride only surfaces after the results are in," he said...
Johnson, who worked at the Interlachen Country Club where Bobby Jones won the 1930 U.S. Open, was runner-up in the Western Junior last summer. The Western Junior attracts 380 of the country's leading amateurs, including Walker Cup competitor Gary Hallberg...