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...Quick! How many ways can you combine nickels, dimes and pennies to get 20˘? That's the challenge for students in a second-grade math class at Seattle's John Stanford International School, and hands are flying up with answers. The students sit at tables of four manipulating play money. One boy shouts "10 plus 10"; a girl offers "10 plus 5 plus 5," only it sounds like this: "Ju, tasu, go, tasu, go." Down the hall, third-graders are learning to interpret charts and graphs showing how many hours of sleep people need at different ages. "żCuantas horas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...director of store operations engineering. The new machine was at odds with the Starbuckian notion of a "handcrafted" beverage. An ice dispenser that would have eliminated time spent scooping was rejected as a step too far. "It was big and QSR-like," says Peterson--QSR being an abbreviation for quick-serve restaurant, as in fast food, anathema to Starbucks. "It was a lot of stainless steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Gulp at Starbucks | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...Harvard’s victory was keyed by a crucial stretch of strong defense early in the second half. LIU erased a 44-39 halftime deficit with a quick 8-3 run to open the period, getting a pair of hook shots from forward Kellen Allen and then tying the game on guard Tyrone Mattison’s steal and breakaway layup, but the Crimson quickly returned the favor...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goffredo, Crimson Ground Blackbirds | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...That’ll make you feel a lot better quick,” said Unger, who had sat out team practices on Thursday and Friday with flu-like symptoms. The illness was serious enough that Unger did not travel with the team on Saturday out of concern that it might be infectious, said Harvard coach Frank Sullivan...

Author: By Patrick T. Mcgrath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SIDEBAR: Unger Outlasts Illness, Blackbirds | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...team members to serve a new purpose: become the most vaunted scout team Harvard women’s hoops has ever seen.The unit includes freshman forward Alex Ahmed, fellow first year Dave Boswell, and senior big man Jacob Mays to compliment Puchtel. The challenge this squad of athletic, quick, and often mammoth men poses to the women’s team is a double-edged sword—it is a struggle but also a huge boost for the team.“It helps to play men a lot faster and stronger than us—guys play...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crossing Over: The Scout Team Ballers | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

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