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...presented what he called a "noble agenda." It amounted to a genteel strain of liberalism emphasizing improved education, health care and environmental measures. He rarely used the terms black or African American and refused to call Helms racist. Instead, he labeled Helms "divisive," a euphemism Gantt hoped would deflect polarization along racial lines...
Partly to deflect the growing unhappiness, trustees of the College Board last week revised the SAT, although less radically than some critics had wanted. Starting in 1994, the SAT and its companion Achievement Test will be known as SAT-I and SAT-II.The former will test verbal skills and reasoning ability in math; the latter, knowledge of certain specific subjects, such as history and politics. SAT-I will include longer critical reading passages and more questions to test students' understanding of the material...
...well-placed Eli corner kick created two Yale shots from in close. Reilly was able to deflect the first with a diving save, but the Crimson failed to clear the rebound. Freshman forward Dawn Bushnaq knocked the ball in for the visitors, netting the lone goal of the wet afternoon...
With the Crimson clinging to a 10-7 lead in the second quarter, it was Gordian's turn again. This time, he was the one who broke free into the backfield and managed to deflect Lutz's kick with his left palm off to the sideline, where the ball settled at the Princeton 11-yard line...
...serve would boost their efforts to break the other party's stranglehold on the House by forcing popular Democrats to quit long before the voters would force them to retire. But any broad effort to restrict the tenure of lawmakers could have an unintended negative effect: it might deflect public attention -- and rage -- away from what the people's representatives are actually doing in Congress to a debate over whether they should be thrown out on a set schedule regardless of their performance...