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...trailers of popular movies into short clips about BS 54—but watch out, that grin he wears during them means that you'll actually have to pay attention soon—a breakout question is coming. Though these breakouts actually mean something in terms of your final grade, there's a way to ace these: Step 1: Find the smartest kid you can during the first few classes. Step 2: Make friends; alternatively, sit directly behind him or her. Step 3: “Confer and discuss” when a breakout question pops up. Unfortunately, these breakouts...
...efforts to isolate and pressure them. They responded to the U.S.-backed incentive package - which Washington cast as a final, take-it-or-leave-it offer - more than six weeks after the deadline preferred by Washington, and then only to send it back with a "can do better" grade and a 21-page counterproposal. But Iran's defiance may be based on a sound diplomatic calculation. The international community demands that Iran go the extra mile to satisfy concerns over its atomic energy program, but it also insists that the issue be resolved via diplomacy rather than confrontation. For reasons...
...share, still indicates that Wall Street takes a dim view of Ford's prospects; the company's market capitalization is just $16 billion, well below the cash value of the firm. (Toyota's market cap, by contrast, is $174 billion.) Ford's debt was cut below investment grade by the major credit-ratings agencies last year. Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before the company goes hat in hand to Wall Street for "bridge financing" to survive the next few years...
...right about one other thing: that the graders would reward formulaic, colorless writing over sharp young voices. The average essay score for kids who wrote in the first person was 6.9, compared with 7.2 for those who didn't. (A 1-to-12 scale is used to grade essays. That score is then combined with the score on the grammar questions and translated into the familiar 200 to 800 points.) As my editors know well, first-person writing can flop. But the College Board is now distributing a guide called "20 Outstanding SAT Essays"--all of them perfect scores...
...Grade Allstate's performance post-Katrina...