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...Then as the term goes on scholastic marks are compared with the percentages indicated by the test. If a man whose test indicated that he belonged in the brightest 10 per cent., of the class gets marks that rank him in the dullest 10 per cent., he becomes an object of study...
...seconds slower than U.S. star Marion Jones' 10.75 at the Sydney Olympics, won't win her country any medals at Athens, but simply stepping into the starting blocks is a triumph for a nation scarred by two and a half decades of war, and where many religious conservatives still object to women stepping outside of the home. "It is not Robina's results that matter," says Stig Traavik, a former Olympian from Norway who is taking a year off from his diplomatic career to advise Afghanistan's National Olympic Committee (N.O.C.). "It is that she will inspire other women...
...Viviane, an adventure that introduces some new players to the exploding drama, like the pert schoolgirl Camille (Virginie Leodyen, who’s getting a little old to play these parts). Camille and Professor Kopolski (Jean-Marc Stehle), a brilliant physicist who happens to be Jewish and the object of her undying devotion, are trying to get to England with several jugs of heavy water that could wreak havoc on the world if they fell into the wrong hands...
Indestructible Object...
Brooklyn-based progressive rockers They Might Be Giants just put out their latest EP, Indestructible Object, their first release since their June 2002 album No! The two Johns, Linnell and Flansburgh make up maybe the only 20 year-old band which is both extremely talented and as harebrained as Spinal Tap. They even have a 24-hour music hotline, Dial-A-Song, offering updates and samples of their music...