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...people who created the SAT, back when the letters stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test, thought they had made an exam that measured the pure capacity of students' minds to absorb college material; the SAT was a direct descendant of early IQ tests. So imagine their surprise when one day in the 1950s, a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school principal arrived at the headquarters of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, N.J., bearing the news that a young man named Stanley Kaplan was operating a thriving little business out of his parents' basement coaching students on how to raise their scores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stanley Kaplan | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

...benefits of Warrior Mind Training, students have told instructors, are impressive: better aim on the shooting range, higher test scores, enhanced ability to handle combat stress and slip back into life at home. No comprehensive studies have been done, though a poll of 25 participants showed 70% said they felt better able to handle stressful situations and 65% had improved self-control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors | 9/6/2009 | See Source »

...that reason, the Bongo succession was viewed as a test of the repeated promises French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made to turn the page on Françafrique by treating African partners as equals - and allowing their voters to decide their destinies for themselves. "If you choose democracy, liberty, justice and law, then France will be with you to construct them," Sarkozy told a crowd of university students in Dakar, Senegal, in July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gabon's Rage at France's Influence in Africa | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

This is not the first time that Harvard’s computer science classes have received donations from technology corporations­­—last October, CS 50 TFs received free tablet PCs from Microsoft to test out. But the Google initiative marks the first time in recent years that the department has received mobile devices, according to Malan...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer and Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Google Donates Cell Phones to CS Classes | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...test whether their lab-made cells could function like normal beta cells, Melton's group exposed them to glucose in a dish. When sugar levels were high, the cells produced more of a protein that beta cells release when they break down sugar; when glucose levels were low, the protein levels were low as well. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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