Word: mained
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Sleep. But with Europe's resurgence, the Moslem world sank into a long intellectual sleep. By the mid-18th century, Karaouine's able scientists had departed, leaving behind an obsolete religious curriculum taught by ulemas (wise men), whose main claim to tenure was their power to vote on succession to the Moroccan throne...
...Arithmetic should be the main math diet for grades 7-8. Only the very able (3% to 5% nationally) should begin algebra in the eighth grade in order to tackle college math in the twelfth grade. ¶ Science should be a fulltime subject beginning in the-seventh grade. Biology (now usually taught in tenth grade) might well begin in ninth grade-but only if lab facilities can be provided. ¶ Foreign language should begin in seventh grade for "some, if not all, pupils." But the school must follow through with continuing instruction in the same language through twelfth grade...
...population of Rome). After two years of revolt, during which he defeated nine armies sent against him by the Roman Senate, Spartacus commanded a force of 90,000, cavalry and foot. Emboldened by their victories, his men finally forced him to fight a pitched battle against the main body of the Roman army, commanded by Crassus. In the unequal fight Spartacus himself was cut to pieces, the slave army finally destroyed, and its 6,000 survivors crucified along the Appian...
...Blackman, coach of the losing Dartmouth football team, remarked after Harvard's 9-6 upset Saturday that the kickers made the main difference in the game. The Crimson's margin of victory came through a field goal by one kicker, Dave Ward, and its domination of the contest largely through the efforts of another, Bruce MacIntyre, who contributed a good deal more than his toe work...
...Experimental is smaller than the main auditorium but provides extensive facilities for experimental staging and lighting. Its flexibility will enable workshop members to try various designs and light-plots...