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...says Barbara Davis Brown, principal of the Village Academy, an extended-year school opening next month in Delray Beach, Fla., which will run 264 days a year. For those who need extra help, Brown will offer tutoring sessions afternoons and Saturday mornings. But even this may not do the trick. Cautions Missouri's Cooper: "Just adding days and hours to the calendar without making changes to the curriculum will not result in noticeable gains in achievement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summertime and School Isn't Easy | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...figure out how much you save by buying two CDs together rather than separately. (The trick is to read the question carefully; the test asks for the discount per CD.) We add up the distinct prime factors of 60. (Remember, distinct means different; the answer is 2+3+5, not 2+2+3+5.) We find the areas of oddly shaped figures. (Ballpark! Eliminate outrageous answer choices...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Points For Sale | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...Hapgood opens with an American secret agent (Mosi Ayindi Secret '01) doing a very basic acting trick; facing the audience, he shaves as if he is looking into a mirror. The perfect pantomime of his toilet hoists the audience into a dramatic enchantment and reminds one of just how far we've sunk in this summer of real-world television. While we can see plenty of people plucking lettuce from their teeth from cameras hidden behind real mirrors, it's really so much better when it's fake. So what if the Cold War is over? See Hapgood and suspend...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spies and Thrills Abound in 'Hapgood' | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

Prejudices like this are a fact of life. The trick is overcoming them and not avoiding a gem of a neighborhood like Eastern Market because you fear what you do not know. Living in Southeast for a summer has shown me the benefits to be gained from living in a new and different community. I hope others can find ways to overcome their fears...

Author: By Todd E. Plants, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Where Yuppies Fear to Tread | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...Throat?" She is relentless, she tries everything. "Aw, c'mon!" "I won't tell." "Lemme guess - I'll mention a name, and if I count to 10 and you haven't hung up on me, I'll know it's right!" Grin. That, of course, is the sort of trick that Woodward and Bernstein used on reluctant secretaries at CREEP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Memories of Deep Throat (Not That One!) | 7/27/2000 | See Source »

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