Word: zealander
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...that U.S. students' math and science scores are plummeting. Since 1995, fourth-graders have maintained their scores, and eighth-graders have slightly improved theirs, according to the 2003 "Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study." But other places, like England, Hong Kong and New Zealand, are improving faster, and some, like Singapore and Japan, are miles ahead. Even eighth-graders in much poorer countries like Estonia and Hungary outperformed their U.S. peers, who came in ninth of the 44 nations on the science portion of the test...
...Sydney and Auckland Base Backpackers, with locations all over Australia and New Zealand, offers hostels with hotel-like amenities, including saunas and spas. Private rooms start...
...connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder showers, free wi-fi and Starbucks coffee in the lobby. One caveat: guests had better like the color blue. Rooms start at $100. Sydney and Auckland Base Backpackers, with locations all over Australia and New Zealand, offers hostels with hotel-like amenities, including saunas and spas. Private rooms start at $58. London easyHotel's bijou orange rooms with shower "pods" and flat-screen TVs start at $45. Created by the folks who launched easyJet, this new chain has already set up in Switzerland and has plans...
...Rolfe (Christian Bale). Malick doesn?t tell this poignant tale so much as he shows it. And what a show! Managing to make an epic film on an indie budget ($35 million), shooting in natural light - and, praise be, on the original Virginia terrain, not in Romania or New Zealand - Malick dramatizes the cultural collision with images of rapturous beauty. It may take a fresh set of eyes to discover this nearly abstract vision. But you?ll revel in the film if, like Capt. Smith, you surrender to the surroundings and... look closer...
...Before the capitulation to New Zealand in the Tri-Nations final on Nov. 26, it had been 27 years since Australia had lost a rugby league series or tournament. Bennett knows the game backwards, but in England he seemed to forget some immutable footballing truths, like selecting sides based on form rather than loyalty, and ensuring that if a team is nothing else, it should at least be keen. In the final, "Australia looked old, tired and bored," wrote former New South Wales coach Phil Gould, who used to inspire his players with war stories or late-night walks...