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Word: maths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...learner. That ____ (core you took, crazy “new math” you did, license plate manufacturing course) will help you throughout life, or at least make you the life of a cocktail party someday with your witty insights on _____ (Japanese anime, fun ways to do the same math cavemen did, proper license plate thickness).Thank you all for your time and your kind attention, and congratulations on _____ (graduating, graduating, listening to me the whole time). Please enjoy your _____ (commencement speakers, Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas; next speaker, Principal Weathers; next convict). All the best for the future...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: Parting Words Provide Choices | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...sounds like a homework problem out of a high school math book: What is the probability of rolling a pair of dice 154 times continuously at a craps table, without throwing a seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Craps! How a Gambling Grandma Broke the Record | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

...seventh inning the 2-to-1 game had turned into a 9-to-1 game. I forget who was winning. It may have been the team of scrappy overachievers with nine players who make more than $13 million per year. The math I was interested in was $112. Impressive for a one-man eating band, but the Yankees were still making a killing on my ticket. Bloat was setting in, and as I stuffed three more bags of peanut M&Ms ($15) in my pockets on the way out, I felt a little depressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Beat the Yankees with Your Stomach | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

...Epstein criticized Young for focusing too much on below-average students and not enough on high-achievers, emphasizing what he saw as the district’s neglect of math and science...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Young To Enter Amid High Expectations | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

...Young, who defended Newton’s math and science programs, pointed out that “the great challenge that Newton faces is a budgetary one”—one that, according to Epstein, Young will not face in Cambridge...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Young To Enter Amid High Expectations | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

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