Word: mask
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...said. Cambridge resident Peter Schweich criticized the superintendent for incorrectly representing the progress of Cambridge schools. He said that the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) graduation rates, proclaimed as “among the highest in the state” on the district’s Web site, mask the fact that Cambridge is in the “42nd percentile in the listing of all public schools in the commonwealth, or 137 out of 321.” He also cited MCAS scores for 10th graders and SAT scores as areas that need improvement...
...course, black is like a mask," says Lacroix, who calls this shift in sensibility a new minimalism. "The new pureness of lines centered on cut rather than decoration, the laser geometry of shapes and silhouettes are all maybe signs of a graphic protection linked unconsciously to recession, just like at the end of the '80s." Like Lacroix, Ghesquire was channeling a more austere sensibility in his Balenciaga collection, which, he said, was inspired by film noir, specifically the actress Simone Signoret's hard-edged look in the 1955 movie Les Diaboliques...
...memorize our fight song or sport more Crimson-colored gear and we’ll suddenly have the fun and friendship of a Big Ten school. But I do expect we could celebrate genuinely our friends’, peers’, and school’s accomplishments, rather than mask deep cynicism about crowded housing and the Core with beer and circuses...
...life after Saddam We had a really bad situation before our infrastructure was demolished, but after 2003, it was chaos. There was no rule of law. After 2003, everybody's wearing a mask. After 2006, nobody is wearing a mask, they just do whatever [they want], they're not afraid of anyone. You don't have to work [as a] humanitarian actually. You're living in crisis, you find your way out and just survive it. In Iraq, you have to provide electricity, water, everything for yourself...
...schools will help curb the high infection rate. On Friday morning, a train that would normally be shuttling office workers is instead abuzz with families. Mega-strollers clog the aisles. A mom wipes the nose of her round little boy, while a young girl in pigtails and a flu mask collapses on her father's shoulder, laughing. This is, after all, a day off, and this particular train is headed to Hong Kong Disneyland. It's not a bad way to spend a sick...