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...anyone I know, in the sense that when he fails, he says ‘Okay, time to push on.’”On Nov. 30, Ganong rifled through his campus mailbox where he has been receiving Yelbi’s college mail. Intermixed with a number of promotional college packets, Ganong found a thin envelope from Hamilton College in New York, ne of the institutions to whic Yelbi had applied.Ganong says that he had to contain his excitement until Yelbi arrived later that day. They opened the envelope together to find that it contained a letter...
...Worse still, under Score Choice, students may feel pressure to take the SAT much earlier in their high school careers than is healthy, in order to maximize their number of test-taking opportunities. Certainly preparing for the SAT early and adequately is helpful, but there is no reason 14 year-olds should already be thinking about how to best play the SAT game...
...Battle of the Bands was our first show,” he said.Powers explained that he is focused on the future. “We’re going to try to give music a legitimate go,” he said.THE FUTUREBesides recording and promotion, Veritas has a number of plans for the spring. Chief among these is its partnership with Rolling Stone magazine to host “Rock Hard,” a Boston-wide search for the best college bands.The idea originated with Spaniola, who decided to approach Rolling Stone, a long-time sponsor of Veritas...
...What awaits is warfare at its worst. Hamas fighters will try to draw Israeli troops into congested city neighborhoods where they'll face suicide-bombers, snipers, roadside explosives and any number of other gruesome tricks - all of it in alleys and buildings swarming with fearful Palestinian families. On the Israeli side, reservists - who make up more than 5% of the Israeli fighting force - will bear part of the brunt. In one Fire Mountain unit, there's a gardener, a lawyer, an ad exec, an electrical engineer and a redheaded Israeli-American actor from Beverley Hills named Gregory Ross...
...Leaving home for war duty was a wrenching experience for reserve officer Ariel Seigelman. A youth counselor, he and his wife were savoring their first trip to a café after the birth of their son when Seigelman's cell-phone rang. He recognized the caller's number as the Israeli Defense Forces. "Your nation needs you," an unknown voice said...