Word: score
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...homework often believe they are bowing to the wishes of demanding parents. Says Jeana Considine, a fifth-grade teacher at Elm Elementary School in Hinsdale, Ill.: "The same parents who are complaining that they don't have enough family time would be really upset if their child didn't score well." Pepperdine University president David Davenport, father of a fourth-grader who clocks two hours of homework a night, sees a chain reaction: "The pressure to get into highly selective colleges and universities backs up into high school advanced-placement courses, which backs up to elementary schools." Anxious parents...
...score of 4-2 put Harvard behind the University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Pennsylvania...
After the loss to the Tigers, Harvard met the University of Chicago in the 3rd/4th place match. Again, Harvard suffered a disappointing defeat by a score...
However, the Crimson did not fair as well against BYU or Purdue. The team was certainly hurt by the absence of junior tri-captain and NCAA qualifier Fran Volpe, who was out on injury. Harvard lost 22-9, a score that does not reflect several heartbreaking matches that didn't go their way. Picarsic lost a hard-fought 3-1 overtime battle. Killar was defeated 3-2 by Rangi Smart, ranked no. 2 in the nation. Shining spots in the match included a decisive 11-6 victory by Soltis and a pair of 9-3 wins posted by DeNunzio...
...confluence of three new cartoon programs is sheer serendipity. Groening has been developing the millennium-timed Futurama for years, and The PJs was signed up months before MacFarlane arrived with Family Guy. But it's also true that The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Darnell's shockumentaries score best with young male viewers, who are much coveted by advertisers but increasingly hard to tear away from their Sony PlayStations. Fox is betting that an even more aggressive cartoon slate will increase its appeal to that demographic mother lode...