Word: gap
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Benbow and Stanley find it "notable" that a sizable sex difference shows up in the seventh grade, before most students have a chance to take or drop optional courses. Some academics argue that girls score lower because they take fewer courses in math. Partly true, say the authors. The gap between boys and girls in one retested group grew ten points from the time of their talent search until high school graduation. But the gap was 40 points to begin with...
...settlers arrived on these shores, and 200 years after the locals sent their British bosses packing, the Oxford authorities have decided to acknowledge the American Revolution. George Bernard Shaw once said, "England and American are two countries separated by a common language." Oxford does not try to bridge the gap; instead it has attempted to master the language from across the ocean...
They based their prediction on what scientists call the gap theory: that a quake can be expected in any part of a seismically active region where one has not occurred in the past 50 years or so. Understandably, the forecast was so vague that it was ignored and no preparations were made for the disaster that was, in deed, impending...
Coach Kleinfelder switched to man-to-man defense. then back to the zone, rearranged the zone to a 2-2-1, but all to no avail. Only a concerted effort by the hoopster offense helped to close the gap to 5 points by half time, the closest they ever came to taking the lead...
Confused with alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, junk food, marijuana, overweight, generation-gap, aging, public opinion, mastery-enslavement, sadism-masochism ecclesiasticism, unwanted children, abortion, venereal disease, bitterness, fear, doubt, envy, rivalry, suspicion, humorlessness, legal marriage, desertion, divorce, infidelity, paternity actions, court suits, money scramble and a multitude of other demands it is difficult to see sex clearly. Mae West conquers all these. She shows sex can be beautiful. Henry Ratliff