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...school, established in 1989. There's no more room. Posted around the school's reception area are the same three signs: no place in any class, k-12. A new mosque has just been completed; with most of the senior grades away on camp, the high school is quiet. During recess, the junior kids chase balls, sip flavored milk and munch on sugary packaged snacks. The boys and girls are separated, except in some senior classes. As in most schools nowadays, females are the star performers. In the Class of 2005, 11 of the top 14 university entrance scores were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Middle Australian Appearance | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...substantiate these generalizations, these comments smack of a self-fulfilling stereotype: Admissions officers expect Asian applicants to have such qualities, and therefore see these in them more so than they would in a non-Asian applicant. Besides the intrinsically problematic nature of such generalizations, since when did shy, quiet, and hardworking somehow become “below average personal qualities...

Author: By Deborah Y. Ho and Shayak Sarkar | Title: Convenient Elitism | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...wall, they’ve been struggling a bit with their record, but they’re a very good hockey team...they were definitely the better team and deserved to win.”After scoring a combined four goals during the opening period, the two teams remained quiet through most of the second frame. With the period winding down, Harvard finally broke through, scoring what would prove to be the game-winner on an elegantly executed offensive charge.Junio forward Mike Taylor took the puck down the right side of the Bobcats’ zone, maneuvering through two defenders...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Upsets No. 20 Bobcats | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

After scoring a combined four goals during the opening period, the two teams remained quiet through most of the second frame. With the period winding down, the Crimson finally broke through, scoring what would prove to be the game-winner on an elegantly executed offensive charge...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Upends No. 20 Quinnipiac | 11/25/2006 | See Source »

...that's not really its main point. What Bennett most wants to show us is that Hector's homosexuality is preferable to the more closeted variety practiced by the extremely smooth Irwin. Bennett is also arguing, in his quiet and very civilized way, that especially in the context of an English public school almost a quarter of a century ago, homosexuality was not a very big deal. Bennett, who is an openly gay writer, accepts it as a part of life - particularly as a part of life in English public schools - something the boys come to terms with in essentially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The History Boys Makes the Grade | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

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