Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like to see more people take this opportunity, especially elementary school [teachers]," she adds. "I think people in the secondary level tend to be more aggressive and get out and learn. Especially at the lower levels, you just don't have the opportunity to step back...
...with scores that, according to the Globe, "showed no appreciable difference" from those of the uncoached, does NOT, as Harvard's Dean Fitzsimmons announced at the College Board regional meeting, prove coaching is of little value. On the contrary it suggests that those who required coaching because of initially lower scores were able to raise their scores sufficiently to be admitted to Harvard...
Student reaction to the discussion was mixed, although most said they were impressed with Gore's performance. Peter B. Paris '91, who asked Gore to describe the programs he supported on behalf of lower-income Americans, said that he was "satisfied in a general sense but not in a specific sense." Paris noted that Gore's response failed to identify specific proposals that he would adopt if elected...
...another way, Are judges chicken to have egg on their faces? During the long and short programs, they put great weight on the reputation of a contestant. A neophyte skater may turn in a string of leaps and spins more dazzling than Katarina Witt's smile and still get lower marks than the reigning queen of the rink. The practice cuts across political affiliations. A Soviet judge will give a prominent American higher marks than a fledgling Russian who skates a comparable program. And vice versa. No matter how talented, all newcomers are always a little less than equal...
...lower incomes of Robertson's followers are due in part to the fact that he got the youngest vote in Iowa, just as President Reagan carried the young in 1984. A 1979 study by the Princeton Religion Research Center found that 54% of Evangelicals are under 50 years of age -- a finding confirmed impressionistically when one travels with Robertson. His crowds are often young parents bringing their children with them. In terms of education, Christian schools, which exact long study hours as well as a strict social code, are opening at the rate of one a day, a movement surpassed...