Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students did no better than their public school counterparts. In fact, the only students who really stood out--for their weak performance--were those in the city's two Hope academies. The test scores of these students, who are the poster children for vouchers in Cleveland, were not just lower, according to the study, but "significantly and substantially lower" than those of public school students and of voucher students in other private schools...
...Even if the campaign doesn't win many big accounts--it did win Bojangles and Pizza Inn recently--it could force Coke's costs up 30% to 40% this year, according to analysts. Last week, for instance, Coke retained its business with Burger King, but the victory might yield lower profits because of the added concessions Coke had to make. Pepsi is also throwing money at vending operations, after ignoring the sector for years. The company says it has increased the number of machines 240% since...
...career. A slightly dismayed murmur from those who had not heard her new album flowed across the words "Cyndi Lauper" as Wilson introduced the piece. The fear quickly turned into mellow groove, though, as audience members regretted questioning for even a second Wilson's class. Her slightly-lower-than-contralto changes the song completely, as does Sewell's light acoustic background and Plaxico's soothing base line...
...career. A slightly dismayed murmur from those who had not heard her new album flowed across the words "Cyndi Lauper" as Wilson introduced the piece. The fear quickly turned into mellow groove, though, as audience members regretted questioning for even a second Wilson's class. Her slightly-lower-than-contralto changes the song completely, as does Sewell's light acoustic background and Plaxico's soothing base line...
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, part-time faculty and graduate student instructors do more than half of all teaching in American universities--shrinking the job market for newly-minted Ph.D.s and putting the teaching burden on lower paid and less experienced teachers...