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...separate study, Berger found a significant gap between minority and white test scores. He said that minorities and students in the city score substantially lower on the SAT, a test which he said was an “indicator of whether or not students are prepared...
...Crimed centerfielder Timothy McGinn sprinted into the gap, reaching back across his body to record an over-the-shoulder catch to take away a sure extra-base hit. McGinn fired to shortstop Tekky Andrew-Jaja, who doubled Meltzer off at third to end the threat...
...first glance, I thought Harvard’s internationals were at fault for this gap. In the Woodbridge Society, an international students’ group that claims to be open to all, one very important nationality is conspicuous by its low representation. (Hint: it shares a name with two continents in the Western Hemisphere.) Was there something in the air of one of the Woodbridge get-togethers in the Straus Hall common room that smelled foul to the locals? It seemed that there must have been—I was a witness to fellow internationals’ inside jokes about...
...insensitivity. The few Americans in Woodbridge (there are two, to my knowledge) seem genuinely to have fun and get along with everyone else. If Americans aren’t being made to feel unwelcome at “international” events, then where does the undeniable gap come from...
...many groups competing for power. After all, Bremer's CPA still doesn't know to whom it's going to transfer authority on June 30. U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Baghdad last week, charged with persuading prominent Iraqi leaders to accept a political arrangement that could bridge the gap between the handover and next year's hoped-for elections. A knowledgeable State Department official says Brahimi will probably endorse the idea that the interim government should retain at least some members of the Governing Council, despite their limited legitimacy in the eyes of Iraqis. But Brahimi also "appreciates that...