Word: leapingly
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...report is a distillation of hundreds of past studies on grade skipping and other forms of acceleration (everything from taking a year of math in a semester to early college entrance). Those who follow education debates know that most school-reform ideas--charter schools, phonics and high-stakes testing leap to mind--are promoted on the strength of highly contested evidence. By contrast, as far back as 1965, Milton Gold said in his book Education of the Intellectually Gifted, "No paradox is more striking than the inconsistency between research findings on acceleration and the failure of society to reduce...
Nevertheless, despite Harvard’s dominance, one game does not provide enough evidence to judge the Crimson’s potential effectiveness against tougher opponents such as Yale and Penn—as tempting as it might be to leap to that conclusion...
...experience of dealing with younger players isn’t entirely foreign. Cultivating minor leaguers for the professional ranks has been his forte since entering the coaching ranks, so picking out the ones with the most promise won’t be too much of a leap...
...than war or politics, subjects that seem to dominate the headlines these days. I am an avid outdoorsman and work outside most of the time, but I had never in my 34 years seen a cougar?until last week. Driving to work one morning, I saw a big cougar leap out in front of my car, and in three bounds it was across the road and into a farmer's field. I have never seen a more graceful animal. That cougar is living within a stone's throw of farmhouses, and I hope it stays on its natural diet...
...circuits included exercises like jumping jacks and leap frogs...