Word: jumping
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...would be saddled not only with giving college advice but also with staying on top of disciplinary and psychological problems. For the same amount of money, DeFuniak is planning to employ three Achieva counselors to do only test prep, a service he expects to translate into a 50-point jump in SAT scores. He says such gains are more likely to help his kids--87% of whom are minorities, many from disadvantaged families--make college an option...
...remember, amid all the talk about carbos and fats, that all responsible diets, low carbo or not, recommend a minimum of five helpings of vegetables and fruits a day. And there is not a diet in the world that is a substitute for that good old-fashioned metabolic jump starter called exercise...
DIED. NATHALIE SARRAUTE, 99, experimental novelist whose book Tropisms (1939) jump-started the Roman Nouveau move ment; in Cherence, France. She ignored traditional approaches to plot and character, focusing on fleeting human reactions she called "movements...on the border of our consciousness...
...challenges, small business is still bullish. As just one example, the National Federation of Independent Businesses' small-business optimism index, a measure of perceived growth prospects, rose to 102.4 in September, a jump of nearly three points from a year ago. Says NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg: "Small businesses love challenge and change. There's no better time to be a small business...
...Gore's handwritten text of an ad to show he's not consultant driven. For his part, Bill Bradley wants to radiate authenticity. Each time he takes to the podium, reading glasses perched halfway down his nose, he's tacitly shouting, "I'm not slick!" Bradley, who endlessly practiced jump shots, seems as studied as ever...