Word: pooling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Freeman is the host nation's only big hope in the main arena, Thorpe spearheads its mightiest swim team in decades. In an island nation, you would expect water sports to be important. They are. Of all the Olympic events, the home fans are savoring a duel in the pool with the Yanks, who don't seem to have an answer for the teenage talisman...
...maddeningly modest about it too. A few months ago, he was in a waiting room at a television station with Shane Gould, Australia's princess of the pool in Munich, 1972. She was showing him her Olympic medals and, noting his gaze, told him, "You'll have a bunch of your own soon." Thorpe replied, "I'd be happy with...
...also respect from traditional schools, including elite institutions. More than 1 million students are being schooled at home, and their ranks are growing about 15% a year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. And though they still account for only a small fraction of the applicant pool at most colleges, homeschoolers are winning over admissions officers...
...consumers, we have the right to know what we are eating. As creatures of the earth, we have the right to protect the natural gene pool. Despite what your chart indicated, we Canadians are not "somewhat in favor of GM foods." Our elected government officials may have been swayed by agribusiness money, but surveys have shown that the majority of the population is for the labeling of GM foods that are sold to the consumer. JOHANNE DION Richelieu...
...young children. And this is why it is reasonable to assess whether students are ready to advance to the next grade or graduate from high school. To promote students who cannot read or do math is no favor to them. It is like pushing them into a deep pool before they have learned to swim. If students need extra time and help, they should get it, but they won't unless we first carefully assess what they have learned...