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...skills of white students and black students is shrinking. But Gage Kingsbury of the Northwest Evaluation Association, which conducts testing for public schools, says the NCLB's goal of eliminating the gap by 2014 seems too optimistic. "At this pace, it'll be 2034 before they're on a par," he says, adding that, without huge advances, achieving parity in reading may take 200 years...
...three playing at the top of their game,” he added, “I think we have good chance at the [Ivy League Championship].”MICHAEL SHOREKnown for his ability to drive the ball far off the tee, Shore shot a one-under-par to secure a third-place individual finish in the 59-golfer field at the ECAC Championship three weeks ago. The Crimson finished sixth overall.“It was a weekend where I just played my game,” he said. “Every time...
...pairing of Morris and Beethoven seems incongruous at first. The author of a two-volume biography of Roosevelt and a notoriously sub-par work on Ronald Reagan, Morris has no obvious ties to the music world. However, he goes out of his way to mention on the back flap that he is both a pianist and a “private music scholar” who has been studying Beethoven with 50 years of devotion. These credentials sound about as compelling as those of the ousted director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael D. Brown. (But when Morris discusses...
...fall, and anyone looks skinnier in comparison to a huge sack. Designers such as Balanciaga and Fendi have debuted entire lines of large and highly coveted bags. These bags’ distinguishing features, apart from size, generally reside in their embellishments. Braiding, grommets, colored leather and pleating are all par of the course on these bags, in which excess is premium. They are usually slouchy and slightly ironic, a throwback to the drug-induced, suede-swathed seventies or the shoulder-padded largess of the 1980s. For those of us Harvard students who are not a size two, but still want...
...finish 11th out of 45 teams, 35 strokes behind tournament champion, the University of Rhode Island. Hynes stepped up in his role as captain to record the Crimson’s best individual performance with scores of 75 and 74, while finishing tied for eighth overall at five over par. In the tournament overall, scores were higher than average at the NEIGA Championships, as competitors had to contend with difficult course conditions. “The wind was the main factor both days, which made scoring tough,” Hynes said. “The course was lined with...