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...creating a new generation of illiterates." With those words, Robert Barnes, an official of the U.S. Department of Education, last week released a chilling analysis of a basic literacy test given by the Bureau of the Census to 3,400 Americans age 20 and over. Thirteen percent flunked the test, able to answer only 20 or fewer of the 26 multiple-choice questions. (Sample: Don't allow your medical identification card to a) be used b) have destroy c) go lose d) get expired by any other person.) "It was a pretty simple test," notes Barnes dryly...
...knew looking at the schedule that the beginning of the year was going to be tough for us,” Crimson coach Chris Ridolfi said. “But for the guys to rebound and [win] thirteen in a row, that just shows that they had their heads on straight...
...Scheduling Powers That Be were clearly on Harvard’s side. Mired in the midst of the longest losing streak in Crimson women’s lacrosse history, Harvard was presented with a ray of light at the end of its thirteen-game tunnel—the opportunity to play the season’s final contest against Brown, the Crimson’s closest neighbor in the Ivy League cellar...
...Thirteen members of the Harvard University faculty were named to the Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) on Tuesday, as the honor society announced its 213 new members...
...Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, and Rodríguez Zapatero, daringly preferred to call a high-stakes popular referendum. High-stakes indeed, since the treaty requires unanimous ratification of all the member states and one vote gone wrong can spoil the party for everybody. The trouble is that the last thirteen polls have the French voting “no” on May 29, and Chirac is getting nervous. Last Thursday he even pleaded for a “yes” vote in a prime-time televised conversation with 80 young voters at the Palais...