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Fares go up five cents every eighth of a mile? No thanks. We'll just walk. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways...
...course, is the swing from gargantuan budget deficits in the 1980s and early '90s to an expected small surplus this fiscal year, with more to come. Kaufman notes a continuing boom in business investments and a new surge in housing--both "very unusual" for an expansion going into its eighth year. One reason: builders of factories and houses can borrow more easily, because the government no longer is gobbling up so much of the available credit to finance its deficits...
...Part of the need for tutors is what I call the 'Algebra Gap,'" said Riley. "Only 23% of eighth graders take this gateway course [algebra], and in order to improve education and raise the scores of our eighth grade and twelfth grade students, algebra is a must...
...relentlessly piled the tension higher. Huge silences punctuated the cadenza; Lin masterfully made the gaping gaps of sound as arresting and palpable as his pure high melodies or mellifluous low phrases. He dared the orchestra to return after the end of his virtuosic turn with cleanly executed runs of eighth notes, and the first movement ended shortly thereafter...
...fairness, Harvard is in good shape entering this weekend's games. The Crimson finds itself in a three-way tie for eighth with Vermont and Dartmouth and a full three points ahead of 11th place St. Lawrence. The Crimson can only miss out on the playoffs if it manages only one or no points this weekend, and St. Lawrence sweeps its own games, which is at best highly unlikely...