Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...despite this year's rise, the scores remain slightly below state norms. Thirty-seven percent of third-graders statewide are "proficient" readers and 31 percent rank "advanced"; Cambridge, by comparison, has 31 percent and 28 percent of students in the respective categories...
...square foot, seven-story complex will also feature eight luxury condominiums, located on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the building...
...father lived a life of meaning and drama, a heroic life that spanned less than 50 years and yet encompassed war and political tumult and the great ideological struggles of the day. J.F.K. Jr.'s life spanned 39 years--only seven fewer than his father's--and encompassed no such dramas as war and wrenching political struggle. His dramas were personal, not historic, but then so much more was expected of him. Wouldn't he live a giant life too? What kind of man will King Arthur...
...daughter, is a bit stunned at her snowballing success. "I do feel sometimes as though someone has taken the lid off my stone," she confesses. "I feel very exposed." Shunning a press tour for the new release, she is busy working on the fourth of what will be seven books--one for each year Harry attends Hogwarts, his wizard school...
...daddy issues; Rex, a Wall Street jock recovering from an addiction to both coke and a blond-bombshell stripper; Dylan, a rock-'n'-roll sideman and jingle writer in the throes of alcoholism; Jack, a 59-year-old Broadway producer and former big spender suspended from producing for seven years, a plea bargain for embezzling from his shows; Peter, a wimpy accountant; and Lina, a mental-health administrator, poverty-stricken by a two-year divorce fight with her millionaire husband. All the names, including the doctor's, are pseudonyms...