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...other reason the writing test will be less reliable is that human beings, not machines, will grade the essay. In June, I participated in a mock grading session with members of the College Board's writing-development committee. We read 15 essays by kids who had taken a pretest; they had been given 25 minutes to write on a topic I can't reveal, since it may appear on a future SAT. We scored the essays on a scale of 1 to 6, 1 meaning "very poor" organization and development and 6 meaning the student organized her thoughts, displayed "facility...
...There’s a faintly cynical kind of smile behind [the paintings],” says VES Head Tutor Paul Stopforth. He remarks on their “undercurrent of sinister cynicism” that seem to mock the narcissism of early 20th century Surrealists...
...films and TV; of heart failure; in Los Angeles. Born to vaudeville folk, he played straight man to a talking mule in six popular Francis movies and won an Emmy for an early TV series. In the Make 'em Laugh number in Singin' in the Rain, he made mock love to a cloth dummy, did backflips off a wall and then hurtled through it--still smiling--in the greatest comic dance solo in film history...
Naam, a dedicated “Friends” fan, said it was tough to miss the season premier of the show Thursday night to participate in the final mock competition...
Like Naam, judges selected him from a pool of over 1,000 undergraduates through two tests and a mock competition. In the end, he said his “stage presence” distinguished him from the other Yale finalists...