Word: magnetized
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...Bush plan in action, consider the story of Spencer Bibbs Elementary in Pensacola, Fla. Meant to be a magnet school for science and technology, Spencer Bibbs instead posted abysmal test scores that landed it on the state's worst-performing list two years in a row. During the 1998-99 school year, just 26 percent of its students scored at the minimum-competency level of the state's reading exam...
...exhibited a fearless, magnet-ball style of play. It came close to stealing the ball from Fisher as she dribbled the ball up the left sideline, but she took a shot from 30 yards out to avoid the canine...
...city] has become almost a magnet for pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies and informational companies," Duehay says...
...High-Tech Magnet...
...Sharm el-Sheikh agreement, however, simply withdraws Israeli troops from the entrance to every Palestinian town. As long as they remain dotted throughout the West Bank and Gaza, protecting Jewish settlements built after 1967 that are viewed as illegal by Palestinians, the soldiers will be a magnet for Palestinian rage. That fact has suited Arafat these past three weeks because it has given him leverage to counter pressure from the U.S. and Israel to sign away Palestinian claims on the Temple Mount. But despite Arafat's having made his point and agreed to a cease-fire, his political authority, even...