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...only 14 percent of test-takers scoring above 1420 were from the bottom 40 percent of family incomes, and 46 percent of these students were from the top quintile of America. Though Harvard College uses criteria apart from SAT scores in admission—the College turns away perfect scores every year—Harvard students generally score quite highly on the test...
...that simple. After all, Reid had been ready to walk down the aisle Thursday night, largely because the compromise he, Frist and 63 other Senators had embraced was as close to perfect as any bill the Democrats could hope for. It followed Ted Kennedy's plan to put most of the country's 12 million illegal immigrants (except for the estimated one million or so who have been in the U.S. for less than two years) on an eventual path to citizenship and open up a massive new legal immigration system for low-wage workers; at the same time...
While I tend to prefer the traditional, sweaty, push-your-way-to-the-front experience when it comes to live rock, the people who pick the MFA shows understand that they’re not running a mosh pit. The mellower music on the calendar tends to be a perfect fit for the more sedate setting...
...Coach] Charley [Butt] is a master of building to a perfect crescendo—to peak just at the right time,” Reid said. “We have faith in his process, and he’s going to get it done, and we’ll be ready by that time. We have lots of time to make sure that we get it right...
...officers, thus erasing their identities. Thousands ended their existence in “death flights”: airplanes from the Buenos Aires airport threw them into the river with deadweights to leave no trace. Fleeting memories drowning in the silence of cold nightly tides: desaparecidos. 1976 is the perfect symbol of the Latin American decade. That year, 11 of 20 Latin America countries were governed by military regimes. The United States and Europe not only overlooked human right abuses, but they actively helped the regimes and often trained repressors. Long gone were the Atlantic System dreams from the ashes...