Word: skips
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...Marcelo, 63, who recently retired from his job at a Caterpillar dealership--couldn't find a school willing to take their daughter unless she enrolled with her age-mates. None of the schools in Longview--and even as far away as the Dallas area--were willing to let Annalisee skip more than two grades. She needed to skip at least three--she was doing sixth-grade work at age 7. Many school systems are wary of grade skipping even though research shows that it usually works well both academically and socially for gifted students--and that holding them back...
...only candidate to invest in television advertising throughout the state. And although he continues to lag behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Tennessee Senator and actor Fred Thompson, and Arizona Senator John McCain in national polls, the decision by all three of those leading candidates to skip the straw-poll left Romney unchallenged for the position of front-runner...
...mayor's oft-proclaimed affinity for all things Iowa is particularly noteworthy as it wasn't so long ago that Iowans were wondering if he'd gotten lost on the way to their state. In June Giuliani announced that he would skip the G.O.P. straw poll in Ames. Until just a few weeks ago, he was spending more of his time in places like Florida and California, which have moved their primaries forward onto the heels of the early contests. Giuliani seemed to be calculating that he would have a better go of it in big states, where his 9/11...
...Coin-operated laundries often pay less, sometimes as little as $3 an hour. Dry cleaners' wages average between $250 and $400 a week for about 60 hours. Workers are often pressured into reporting that they?ve worked fewer hours than they have, and non-union workers are forced to skip meal breaks...
...Rudy Giuliani campaign has cited scheduling conflicts in saying it will skip the Republican version of this week's Democratic debate, while Mitt Romney has mocked the seriousness of the questions and also seems likely to withdraw. John McCain, one of two candidates who had agreed to participate (Ron Paul is the other), has also expressed doubts about the Democratic debate's level of decorum and aides say he may reconsider his commitment. Undeclared candidate Fred Thompson may still not officially be in the race by the event's Sept. 17 airdate...