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...tests cover everything from trape-zoids to Tom Paine, from spelling (acqui-esence, acquiescence, aquiescence, acqui-esance) to literature ("What Joseph Lincoln did for Cape Cod, Sarah Orne Jewett did for 1) Florida, 2) Maine, 3) Oregon, 4) Michigan"). But just knowing the usual subjects is far from enough. To test their intelligence, the Point also presents candidates with a whole new bogus language that changes from year to year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Going to the Point? | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

...trap to another pit. The final competition, by the score in which the winners are to be divided, will be shot on Thursday next, the 11th. At the close of the regular matches yesterday, it was found that there was still enough daylight left for another round at the trape, and several men took advantage of the opportunity to secure further practice. The summary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Shot Gun. | 12/4/1884 | See Source »

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