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...Kasich, that meant passing the normal five-year budget in a form that would simply make credible the idea of wiping out the deficit two years later. When Gingrich suddenly announced in late January that the Republicans would offer a seven-year plan to bring the deficit down to zero, Kasich was stunned. He was, after all, the guy who had to make the numbers...
...simple matter of public safety, I have to go back to ground zero. There is someone that has been endangering students and I can't imagine what useful purpose could be served by creating confusion," Lewis said in an interview...
...mean? Perhaps that a 14-point A- does not contain seven-sixths as many points on a 100-point grading scale as a 12-point B+? The average A- is a 91; the average B+ is an 88. We have to normalize the scales, since an F is worth zero points on Harvard's scale; thus, 60 is the zero point for the 100-point scale. Of course the ratio on this 40-point scale is not correct (test (91-60)/14 against (88-60)/12)--but it wouldn't be with a 13-point A-/B+ assigned...
...first week of my first year's winter (the year Boston received 80-some inches of snow), my starry eyes reflected the snowy pavements. I loved the thought of seasons. Until the snow stayed. And stayed. And the weather dropped below zero. And the prospect of putting on a sweater, coat, gloves, scarf and hat merely to go outside made me never want to leave my dorm again...
...Repeat, Zero-Seven-Three-Seven-Five-Three-Three-Nine-Seven...