Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Typical of a Crimson loss, they out-shot the Black Bears 13-8 and simply failed to connect for the score...
Using rally scoring--the system where each point counts and the serving team is not the only team that can score--the final and decisive game was characterized by each team alternately inching ahead...
...most estimates the score is grim for the White House: At least 130 Democrats are already firmly against, with another 10-20 leaning no. With only 30 firmly in favor, this leaves the White House little room to find the 70 Democrats it probably needs to win. Republicans, meanwhile, are philosophically in Clinton's camp. But Gingrich wants some Democratic cover to deliver his troops, and still others, spotting a desperate Clinton, are just squeezing him for favors...
...least Barry has been a powerful proponent of better education. How, you wonder? Well, he was quoted before the Cowboys-Redskins game earlier this year as saying "Our goal is to score 27 points. If we can get two touchdowns and three field goals...
...therefore loses its ability to equitably differentiate between applicants. The test becomes a measure to distinguish the different lifestyles of the rich and the poor. It is not impossible for an average black or Hispanic teenager to get a high score. But because most whites and Asians have more opportunities to learn available to them from an early age, it is much harder for Hispanics and blacks to achieve relatively high scores...