Word: finest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rejects the notion that public education has failed. After spending a total of 30 months com piling observations of high schools across the nation, the report's author concluded that the best American high schools, which educate 10% to 15% of all students, are the world's finest. Says Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation and former U.S. Commissioner of Education under Jimmy Carter: "School is in a very real sense a mirror of its community. Tune and time again, we saw that community support or community conditions were shaping the school. So, in a very real...
...Winston and Julia rebelled, fell in love and paid the penalty in the terroristic world of tomorrow is the thread on which Britain's George Orwell has spun his latest and finest work of fiction. In Animal Farm, Orwell parodied the Communist system in terms of barnyard satire; but in 1984, there is not a smile or a jest that does not add bitterness to Orwell's utterly depressing vision of what the world may be in 35 years' time...
...experts reckoned that Liberty performed best in winds of 15 to 20 knots, while Australia II was the faster boat either below or above that range. For the fourth race the breeze was made to order for Liberty. And Dennis Conner, who is probably the world's finest 12-meter skipper, handled his boat masterfully. He won the start from Bertrand by 6 sec. and never let up, skillfully covering the Australian, repeatedly pouncing on the wind shifts he needed to carry him ahead. After two shifts on the first leg, Conner declared, "God works on Tuesdays." Bertrand admitted...
...stickwomen came back to life last night, turning in their finest performance of the year to down Boston University, 2-0, and bring to an end a two-game skid...
Less than a week after the Cantabs suffered their worst defeat in three years, they came back to play their finest hockey of the year. And they did it against one of the finest teams in the country...