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...injury factor] is what it is,” he said. “We still have to move forward and get to the point where we’re training as hard as possible...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Anticipates New Season, Fresh Start | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...major factor in DeAngelo’s success in her new role is undoubtedly the relationship she and her classmate share in the boat. The rookies have been sailing as a pair since preseason...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rookie Twosome Makes a Splash | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...alleviate socioeconomic bias. Fitzsimmons went on to say that he envisioned the SAT would be replaced by a set of five SAT II subject tests, which are considered by many to be more difficult. The subject tests rely on substance-based knowledge as opposed to skill-based knowledge, a factor that inevitably favors students from high-achieving educational backgrounds. It’s hard to imagine a student who performs badly on the SAT I because he wasn’t adequately prepared performing fantastically on five or more subject tests, which have much more to do with how well...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Speaking Truth To Test Scores | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...admit that I’m trading in stereotypes here, and almost certainly oversimplifying the matter. Virginia is, in a sense, a microcosmic battleground for the dreaded and dreary culture wars. I hail from the prosperous, expanding, and relatively liberal northern Virginia suburbs, which have been a huge factor in the Democrats’ optimistic forecasts. In the same way Americans abroad, out of a sense of propriety, claim to be Canadians, I usually tell Cantabridgians that I’m from Washington D.C. I’ve never actually met any Appalachian Virginians, but I’ve always...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: Virginia Is For Others | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...there is one factor which is likely to press car companies into going green: all of us. So long as drivers tire of high oil prices (more than $8 per gallon in Paris) and feel real satisfaction at switching to cleaner technology, automakers are likely to oblige them with affordable electric cars. But should oil prices plummet, we could once again be lulled into thinking that all is well - or at least good enough - with Planet Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electric Cars at the Paris Auto Show | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

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