Word: nicolas
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...global cities like London, efficiently sorts kids by socioeconomic class. A 2004 study of British schoolchildren by University of Bristol researchers found that the wider the choice of schools parents have, the more segregated pupils are by background. I've seen this firsthand, having just dispatched my youngest child, Nicola, to school...
...school tends to attract parents in the media, the public sector and small businesses. Our local state schools were too rough, too crowded or too religious, and the school where we'd sent our elder daughter, Julia, for a couple of years was too expensive and snooty. So Nicola's joining Julia at a school that will give her a good education, but, if we're not careful, a narrow view of the world. The students are whiter and more English than at the local state schools, which draw many migrant kids, and at Julia's first school - populated...
...facing a firestorm of controversy after saying that the May 1 burning of Israeli flags in Turin by far-left protesters was "much more serious" than the savage beating of a 29-year-old that same day in Verona by a neo-Nazi gang. The victim of the beating, Nicola Tommasoli, died late Monday after several days in a coma. Five young fans of the Verona soccer team have been arrested for the murder...
...Stoppel and co-captains Vivian Liao and Lauren Snyder – who played with tape over her broken finger) led Harvard to a successful finish by providing six of the team’s nine goals. Liao led all scorers with three goals. On the defensive end, junior Nicola Perlman once again put in a strong performance as she accumulated 10 saves on the night. “What possibly is your last game is a tough one to play, but we’ve had fun playing together as a class through the years,” Snyder...
...last night’s match marks the tenth consecutive Harvard loss at the hands of Brown. At the end of the first quarter the Crimson only trailed 2-0. The team maintained a good defensive strategy throughout the first half of the game, spearheaded by junior goalkeeper Nicola Perlman, who is also a Crimson magazine chair. Perlman had an impressive game in the net, blocking out six shots. With two periods to go, the Bears were leading by just four goals. The heat picked up in the second half as both teams tried to intensify their offensive game. With...