Word: eighth
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...don’t think so. So much of the coverage of the torture porn phenomenon ignores the fact that senseless violence has been franchising itself for decades—2003’s “Freddy v. Jason,” for instance, was simultaneously the eighth installment of “Nightmare on Elm Street” and the 11th of “Friday the 13th...
...peer institutions. But the database doesn't provide numerical rankings. Which means consumers have to gather a lot of data and do their own calculations to compare one school to another, which is precisely the kind of thoughtful research colleges wants prospective students to be doing. (See pictures of eighth-graders being recruited for college basketball...
...Some reform advocates would like to see the report's testing proposals replace current No Child Left Behind legislation. "It makes accountability much more meaningful by stressing critical thinking and true mastery," says Tracy. (See pictures of eighth-graders being recruited for college basketball...
...Reagan. Clinton, on the other hand, is a relatively junior Senator and ranks no higher than fifth in seniority on any of her committees. On Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the panel that oversees the issue about which she has the most expertise and passion - health care - she ranks eighth. The chairman, Kennedy, has brain cancer but vows to play the lead role himself...
Economics professor N. Gregory Manikw was among the professors surrounded by 10 eighth graders enjoying pizza and horror flicks in his family room. Scary...