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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...years-surely Beijing has something to do with that. But instead of substance, the Americans got a soliloquy-which may explain why, during Wu's speech, some of the U.S. delegates looked bored, fidgety or downright annoyed. One delegation member later joked that Wu reminded him of his "fifth-grade teacher," adding, "I didn't much like fifth grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bridge over Troubled Water | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

Like just about every one of my contemporaries, I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when John F. Kennedy was shot. It's so vivid, it's almost like watching a movie: I was home sick from fifth grade, lying on the couch in the living room. My mother had a talk-radio station playing. Suddenly a newscaster broke in with the news that shots had been fired in Dallas and that the President had been rushed to a hospital. Then a few minutes later came these precise words, spoken in just the tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Flavor Of Memories | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...Don’t (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks—we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page—single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...have stated previously, I can’t really relate to this. The closest I ever got to gothic was when, in 10th grade, I wore all black on Valentine’s Day and read selections from a novel entitled “Velvet Angel” (a stunning and eventful read about the glories of sex in the middle ages—I highly recommend it) when anyone tried to talk...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Preppy-Goth Is Doomed Fashion | 1/7/2007 | See Source »

...Kyle Dowd's lawsuit, it alleges that Curtis purposely failed the student after the rape case was made public. Curtis told her students they would be graded on three class papers and class participation, with each counting 25% of the final grade. Dowd received a C-plus and C-minus on two papers before the case came to light. He received an F in class participation for missing the last month of class, according to an email Curtis sent to Dowd. Dowd says he had to miss five classes because he was meeting with attorneys in the case. Another lacrosse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teacher Support for the Duke Players | 1/6/2007 | See Source »

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