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...After completing the grueling application process--which included cocktail parties with the selection committee and several intense interviews--Javaras said yesterday that she is still in shock about the honor...
...corporate prosperity of the Clinton era has been accompanied by an unparalleled growth in American cynicism - and outright hostility - toward Washington's political class. But the Seattle demonstrations - and the political shock wave they sent around America - showed that passive cynicism may be giving way to active outrage...
...words long. A more appropriate name might have been "How About 'Dem Apples!" The angst-ridden star apparently thinks she made a criminal first impression, and spends most of When the Pawn... emphasizing the sincere emotions that hide behind her previous dreamy, doctored image. The result is less shock and more maturity...
...back of a dimmed astronomy room, then, when the professor's voice has turned into a droning Barry White blah blah blah, the secret to keeping your eyelids in their upright positions is filling up all of your senses with your own created stimuli. If you squeeze, massage and shock your body into awareness, your memories of college may be of lecture--rather than a cloudy recollection of your vacations to dreamland...
...students who will be clawing for their passing grade were first exposed to this type of test in eighth grade, and their low scores did not come as a great shock. The standardized frameworks for English and math, on which the test is based, were completed only a couple of years ago. Since they were distributed, teachers have been expected to adapt to these frameworks, and students have tried valiantly to mold their answers to the format that the MCAS encourages. However, the timetable has been too short, and it is the students who are being shortchanged...