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...Meanwhile, the government reported that the budget deficit for fiscal year 1997 shrank to $22.6 billion, better than what the White House had expected and the smallest amount of red ink since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STILL ON A ROLL? | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

Even in Hatewatch's smallest category--anti-Christian-the two groups represented there fail to take the same line...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Library Assistant Makes Hobby of Tracking Internet Hate Speech | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

...concept that Adams brought to the fore was "phonemic awareness." Phonemes are the smallest meaningful sounds in a language. English has 44 phonemes that its speakers combine to make all its words. Cat, for example, has three: "kuh-aa-tuh." Adams concluded that in order to read, one must understand that the sounds in a word can be broken up this way; it must also be understood that letters represent these sounds. Some people have phonemic awareness intuitively, but others must be taught it, which can be done with simple exercises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW JOHNNY SHOULD READ | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

Sporting the smallest team at the show, the Harvard riders tied for third place with Tufts. Harvard indeed held its own against top-notch competition such as Mt. Ida, Dartmouth, Boston University, Bates, University of Vermont, MIT and Endicott...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Equestrian Rides Home in Third | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...have the peculiar quality of being shaken by events of the smallest magnitude. As if the they were capable of throwing off the direction of your journey. Hah. Beef...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: To a Runner, From the Charles | 10/2/1997 | See Source »

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