Word: jersey
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...poor parents and school districts, were forced to hammer out new funding plans. The issue heated up again in 1989, when Kentucky's supreme court found the state's funding system unconstitutional. Since then, courts have thrown out school-financing systems in 13 other states. Some, like New Jersey, remain perpetually mired, unable to arrive at a new formula, but most have begun emphasizing the notion of "adequacy," making sure each student receives a minimum spending level but allowing towns to collect extra funds for their own use. Vermont's supreme court, however, standing on the landmark 1954 Brown...
...only one Chanel." In fact, there were many Coco Chanels, just as her work had many phases and many styles, including Gypsy skirts, over-the-top fake jewelry and glittering evening wear--made of crystal and jet beads laid over black and white georgette crepe--not just the plainer jersey suits and "little black dresses" that made her famous. But probably the single element that most ensured Chanel's being remembered, even when it would have been easier to write her off, is not a piece of clothing but a form of liquid gold--Chanel...
...coastal resorts of Deauville and Biarritz. One of her first successes was the loose-fitting sweater, which she belted and teamed with a skirt. These early victories were similar to the clothes she had been making for herself--women's clothes made out of Everyman materials such as jersey, usually associated with men's undergarments...
...Crimson took home the tournament championship, losing just one set in four matches, a 3-1 win over Jersey City State and 3-0 skunks of Queens College, NYU and Mount St. Vincent's. The only reason the Crimson even lost a game was because it started its second stringers in the first match...
...Crimson was overpowered Feb. 28 at then-No. 17 Princeton, 15-6, 15-6, 15-6. After a win over Vassar, Harvard lost its next four matches, including a pair of losses to the cream of the EIVA crop, No. 13 Rutgers and the No. 17 New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), assuring that Harvard would be out of the mix for EIVA postseason play...