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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...frayed inner-city school. Eighty-five percent of the students live below the poverty level. And a security guard keeps students inside--and intruders out--once the morning bell rings. But enter El-Roy Estes' fourth-grade classroom and you'll see a model of order. As students wearing crisp blue-and-white uniforms file in, Estes studies a three-ring binder to find out what's on tap for this morning, Day 111 of the school year. He begins the class with grammar exercises and then discusses a short story. All the while, Estes consults his lesson plan, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sticking To The Script | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...outside and find some. The freshest thing outside, however, is not the crisp Connecticut air, but Larry, my new Mashantucket Pequot friend. Sitting on a bench, taking some notes, I hear a phone ring at a valet station. Larry hears...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...Truman dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a crisp dispassion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tonya Harding Isn't the Only One Who's Angry | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

During warm-ups in MIT's Dupont Gymnasium, the Crimson (5-1, 3-0) appeared well rested and ready to play. Pre-game serving was crisp and automatic, passes were accurate and Harvard ran its set plays to perfection...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Survives Against the Engineers | 2/16/2000 | See Source »

...second half, he made several ankle-breaking crossover dribbles to embarrass Harvard defenders. While Sullivan made sure his players always kept two eyes on Jordan, the Penn offense set screens and picks to set him free. Once he had the ball, he showed off his experience, either on crisp entry passes or forays into the lane...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Penn, Princeton Top M. Basketball | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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