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...discount lines can still be harrowing. In front of the red-walled Mahayana Buddhist Temple, Chinese immigrant workers, college students and tourists are lining up for $15 tickets to Boston. A bus rolls up and fills up in a matter of seconds--leaving 20 passengers stranded. The Chinese ticket taker struggles to explain to the frustrated customers, "No seat, no seat." Finally, the bus driver relents and allows another person to squeeze on, just before it pulls out into traffic...
...terms of raw measures, of A-level work, grades based on merit alone fail to distinguish most students. But ironically, these ubiquitous A grades hardly communicate even raw performance, much like a perfect score on an intelligence test cannot accurately measure intelligence for failure to challenge the test taker...
...feature separates Darwin’s theory from the teleological argument: Darwin’s theory is backed by mountains of empirical and verifiable evidence. The teleological argument is backed by, well, a sort of musing that resembles a frustrated second-grade test-taker more than it does any real scientific process: I don’t know the answer, but there must be an answer, so I’d better guess something instead of leaving the line blank...
...Tamara’s] our designated stroke-taker,” said junior back Jennifer DeAngelis, who drew the foul on a penalty corner. “Basically, it’s a guaranteed goal every time she gets in. She’s really good at handling the pressure...
...while a decision is awaited about whether to charge people who take land for utilities. "There will be new houses on that land no matter what," promises Mayor Nancy Brenden. In Chugwater--aptly named, considering its place on the long, dry Oregon Trail traveled by early settlers--the first taker has just signed up. "We have all this new energy in town," says Mayor Krista West. "People are excited...