Word: mis
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Stop number one? Les Mis. Why? Well, I don’t know exactly, it wasn’t my pick. Actually, I love the show and was not disappointed at the prospect of seeing it on the West End and getting a peek at how long-running mega-musicals look over there. In the case of Les Mis, at least, they don’t look too good; it is the first show I have ever left at intermission. There was no passion, no movement, no acting—and therefore, no me to begin...
...down the window of the cab and heard ranchera music blaring out of a boom box. A small group of Mexicanos was singing along with a melancholy tune. My sleepy eyes popped open, my head shot out the window, and I gave a little grito. I was witnessing history: mis paisanos had arrived in New York City...
...Pearson testing gave 47,000 Minnesotan students lower scores than they deserved. CTB/McGraw-Hill, a rival company, has not fared any better; last September, almost a quarter of New York City students forced to take summer school after receiving low scores on their exams learned that the tests had been mis-graded. Increasing demand for testing has also affected the quality of the tests themselves: Harcourt Educational Measurement, a testing company based in California, in some cases delivered tests late or delivered test booklets with pages duplicated, missing or out of order...
With Rutherford's mis-hit, Harvard remained undefeated in Ivy League play on the year, putting it in the driver's seat to reclaim a conference championship...
Despite all the turmoil, though, the Sox might still have had a shot at the postseason had their efforts not been undermined by the ineptness of Sox general (mis)manager Dan Duquette. After pledging in that now-infamous SI article last spring to make a serious bid for an impact player to help put the Sox over the top, Duquette sat idly by while the trading deadline came and went last July. While the Yankees bolstered their roster with the likes of Denny Neagle, Dave Justice, and Jose Canseco, the Duke brought us the immortal Ed Sprague, Mike Lansing...