Word: size
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tests also undermined the conviction of American education that better teaching lies in smaller classes. The average class size for 13-year-olds in Japan is 41, compared with 29 in the U.S. Family background was found to be a major influence on test scores, but Japan is so far ahead of the U.S. that even the sons of unskilled workers scored higher than U.S. children whose fathers are college-trained professionals...
...common, and pursuing community actions and study projects. While most members of the community work full time at the institute, several have daytime secular jobs. They turn over their salaries to the institute, which in turn provides them with a living allowance based on marital status and family size. A portion of the funds is set aside for the college education of members' children. There is also a travel fund, which enables two couples to travel abroad for three months each year...
...hopes to see action at flankerback next season for the Pats. His size (178 pounds) would be a disadvantage if he played the running back post he filled at Harvard for three years, but speed and shiftiness will make up for lack of weight at flanker...
That program was designed to take advantage of the orchestra's size, but it also tended to expose the orchestra's weaknesses and shortcomings. Had Hathaway been more sensitive to the real potential of his orchestra, there might have been some fine results. As it was, the Bach society's performance--energetic, amateurish, on top of the music as much as laboring under its weight--was Harvard music at its most typical, if not at its best...
...distribution of seven cartons of used clothing sent from the States; the trouble with such direct giveaways, as the Brooks found out themselves, is that the demand is inexhaustible. After all the parcels had already been distributed to friends, Rhoda relates, "the crowd at our door swelled to frightening size; complete strangers were coming off the beach to see what all the excitement was about...