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...self-taught members said that they can now perform a variety of tricks, including many of the classics--sleeping yo-yo, walk the dog, over the top, around the world and shoot the moon...
...repercussions of the potentially dangerous neck compression, which turned out to not be serious, is that the insurance company will not allow the cheerleaders to perform stunts until they have a coach. Although she points out, "It's not like a coach is going to catch the girl who's falling," L. Elaine Chestney '98, the president of the cheerleading club, said, "Having a coach is a very good thing," since such a gymnastic and potentially dangerous sport as cheerleading requires a coach to help perfect technique and prevent accidents...
Mattel executives have not said who will perform, but Catherine D. Rucker '99, the event coordinator, said she has been promised that "they will make it worth our while...
...simple fact: reading achievement in the U.S. is low. According to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, 44% of U.S. students in elementary and high school read below the "basic" level, meaning they exhibit "little or no mastery of the knowledge and skills necessary to perform work at each grade level." Seventy-two percent of blacks scored below basic; 32% of fourth-graders whose parents both had college degrees also failed to reach the basic level...
...been raised on inspiring stories of educational localism--of parents and teachers in modest, out-of-the-way places who somehow, through spirit and hard work, maintain schools whose graduates can perform in a world economy. These stories are true, but they mislead somewhat: American education is not quite so decentralized as it looks...