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...notion of a "rise" in religion is nebulous. How, exactly, has religion "risen" or "increased?" Can the thing religion perform such feats...
...class of 1999. The class was chosen from an applicant pool unprecedented in its quantity and quality. On every measure, the academic quality of the applicant pool rose. Over the past five years, the number of applicants ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes has risen from 1,993 to 2,828; those averaging 1400 or better on their combined SATs climbed from 3,884 to 6,099; students with a math SAT of 700 or higher rose from 6,053 to 9,463; and while 1,263 applicants scored 800 on the Math II Achievement...
...gather the possibility is there that the student pool has just become a lot smarter, and therefore the grades have risen," said Professor of Chinese History Peter K. Bol. "But there is also the possibility that that is not true...
...Democratic caucus. But the world has changed since then. No one is against a balanced budget anymore; everyone is a fiscal conservative. Like a political Gulliver, Clinton has been able to straddle the differences in his own party. As the popularity of his position on the budget has risen, Democrats figure, we'd better go along for the ride...
...Russian power plant workers who were seized in Grozny last week. Unintimidated by Russian threats to "unconditionally eliminate" Chechen leader Jokar Dudayev, the rebels are holding the remainder of the hostages, demanding that the Russian government release the bodies of fighters killed during the assault. Chechen morale has risen dramatically since the strike into Dagestan, despite Yeltsin's tough talk...