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...This tug-of-war between generations over stuff and space is being played out by countless families across the country. Some believe it's merely a nuisance or a practical storage problem, but usually far more is at stake. Whether perceived as old junk or saved treasure, remnants of childhood carry a symbolic freight that transmutes over time as the "children" move into different phases of their lives...
...judging by Gore and Bush's tug-of-war on testing the other night, the candidates think the public support for high-stakes exams is unflagging. Despite Gore's repeated protests that he supports mandatory testing (he does, sort of, but not until 2004 and only in fourth, eighth and twelfth grades), Bush would go a step further, requiring states either to test kids every year from third through eighth grade or lose 5% of federal aid. At least on the testing issue, W's the toughest kid on the playground...
...cannot last. Where technicians quibble is the exact future points of resistance on the upside and support on the downside. Is the pennant symmetrical, ascending or descending? Let them quibble. Suffice to note that as the range narrows, we get closer to declaring a winner in the bull-bear tug-of-war. A textbook reading, says Richard McCabe, chief market analyst at Merrill Lynch, is that by late August, the pattern will be broken, the Dow's new direction evident...
...nose; and V2, the speed at which the plane leaves the ground. After passing V1, pilots are trained how to continue the takeoff--even if an engine fails or a tire blows. Somewhere between V1 and V2, things went wrong for Flight 4590. As his passengers felt the gentle tug of takeoff G forces, controllers in the tower urgently radioed one of the most terrifying warnings in aviation to Marty: your plane is on fire...
...have an annual [junior common room] vs. SCR trivia tournament, pool/foosball/Ping-Pong tournament and tug-o-war tournament," says Lowell House Committee Co-Chair Kyle D. Hawkins '02, who is also a Crimson editor. "I know that a lot of people in the JCR are friends with SCR members...