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This spring, Walker, 15, the oldest of eight children, got another chance. But she failed again, by four-tenths of a point, on the Iowa test's reading section. She is headed to summer school for one final shot at getting into high school in the fall. If she doesn't make it, she will go to one of the city's "transition centers"--an educational way station for kids who haven't qualified for high school but are too old to remain in a regular eighth-grade classroom...
...core, is about easy, one-stop diversification. Yet many investors might as well buy individual stocks for all the fund options they feel obliged to consider. Recognizing how complex the world has become, influential fund tracker Lipper Analytical Services will expand its stock-fund categories this autumn from eight to 14. It's not just that there are more and different kinds of funds. Many managers, seeking to beat the market, stray from their investment styles. Lipper's new rating system is in part an effort to ferret out "style drift," an underrecognized risk for investors who may not know...
...Harvard itself was ranked in the national top 25 throughout the season, and the double-overtime victory over Columbia began an eight-game unbeaten streak that included wins over Ivy rivals Yale and Pennsylvania--the Quakers' first loss of the season--as well as the Harvard Invitational Championship...
...Crimson graduated eight seniors this season: co-captains Stauffer and Devon Bingham, Miller, Marynick, Chu, Burney, Meredith Bagley and Brynne Zuccaro. The Class of '99 leaves with a career record of 54-13-4, and the claim of putting Harvard women's soccer on the proverbial national...
...League. Arguably the greatest female player to don an Ivy League uniform, Stauffer graduates as Harvard's all-time assist leader and a four-time All-American. This year Stauffer was awarded the NCAA's highest honor when she was named one of the NCAA Top Eight athletes, male or female, from any sport at any division, including junior college...