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...broad nationwide programs that seek to match all qualified recent college graduates with school districts starving for teachers; TFA is the closest thing, along with five cities that have very selective programs aimed at young and mid-career professionals. Those who are rejected could theoretically go through the arduous process of applying for individual job openings in different school districts hoping to land a position—extremely difficult without teaching certification, of course...
Sophomore No. 2 Lindsey Wilkins also lost for the second consecutive weekend, although her match Saturday was far closer than her duel with Trinity’s Lynn Leong. In an arduous, see-saw battle lasting one hour and fifteen minutes, Wilkins led two games to one before narrowly dropping the final game 10-8 to Dafna Wegner and succumbing...
This situation is changing, however, as researchers begin systematically to probe Antarctica's ice, rock and sediments for clues. Their work is always arduous, often heroic and sometimes dangerous. This was brought home two weeks ago, when a helicopter shuttling supplies to a scientific field station crashed near McMurdo Sound, injuring...
...DiCAPRIO. Well, there were certainly arduous make-up sessions...
...fishermen knew it would be short-term pain for long-term gain and cooperated with another closure, allowing the fish to recover to their currently high level. But cod is a special case, both because of their low numbers and the biological and environmental factors that will make recovery arduous. For fishermen like Mike Park, the prospect of a drastic reduction in quotas or a fishery closure spells doom. "I don't know what will happen," he says. "But I do know that any compromise to us translates into job losses and bankruptcies." The fishermen have every right to protest...