Word: higher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge schools, Morse Elementary had the best showing on the tests. Morse was one of four schools in the city showing no scores lower than "proficient" and the only Cambridge school to make a list of 19 Massachusetts schools that scored higher than the state average despite serving lower-income neighborhoods...
...considered by all fans to be a core jazz instrument. However, for Carter, her violin is her voice--soaring, sighing, demanding, convincing. Carter's previous album, Something for Grace, was a smooth-jazz, easy-listening affair. Her newest release, Rhythms of the Heart (Verve), swings harder, aims higher and cuts deeper...
...proud to serve as executive director of Americans for a Fair Chance. My departure should not be construed in any way as a change of heart in my steadfast commitment to carry on the fight. Also, it is important to note that anti-affirmative-action initiatives for higher education have won in only two states; that can hardly be called a victory. I plan to continue to work for equal opportunity through affirmative action. RENE REDWOOD Washington...
...FEES More banks are charging customers for using automated teller machines, and the fees are getting higher, according to the Fed. Last year the average surcharge for noncustomers rose 6[cents] at banks, to $1.20; 11[cents] at savings and loans, to $1.15. Customers are also getting charged higher fees by their banks for using ATMs that belong to other institutions. To find machines that don't add a fee, visit www.surcharge-free-atms.com...
...deadly hot in the eastern United States. For a week, huge swaths of the region have baked in unrelenting 90-degree weather that has sometimes peaked to more than 100. The heat-related death toll already stands at 25 and is likely to climb higher as heat advisories continue to be posted from Kansas eastward through the Ohio Valley and parts of the Southeast. Utilities are scrambling to keep up with the service needs generated by record air-conditioning usage. And that?s not all. Although the hot weather has people soaking through high humidity, rain has been just about...