Word: shorting
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...that optimism was born, look no further than the harbor. As long ago as 1871, English novelist Anthony Trollope, not usually short of words, found Sydney Harbour "inexpressibly lovely." And to this day, despite some wildly irresponsible development, it is the restless heart of the city, whose inhabitants are drawn instinctively to its foreshore in moments of collective passion, to celebrate, protest or play. Regardless of their background, Sydneysiders are united in love of their harbor: its waters dissolve their separate identities and reflect a common image; it is both solvent and balm, mixing disparate peoples and smoothing over their...
Some research has shown that intense coaching, like that at Woodrow Wilson, can lead to short-term spikes in test scores but that later on kids tend to forget much of what they've crammed. "Instead of reading novels, kids are skimming three-paragraph passages for key words," says Linda McNeil, an education professor at Rice University, who this year co-authored a report critical of the Texas exam for Harvard University's Civil Rights Project. Texas' lackluster performance on other national exams bolsters her case. Even as TAAS scores have skyrocketed, SAT marks have lagged. According to figures released...
...culture teaches that if you really want to be left alone, a short dose of media ubiquity will usually do the trick. (Anyone want to hear another word from Richard Hatch?) But for Pete's sake, asking people to leave you alone is suicide. And be nice to your kids. J.D. Salinger is learning those lessons the hard way. Daughter MARGARET SALINGER'S Dream Catcher, the rare tell-all that does tell a lot, is expected to sell briskly when it hits stores on Wednesday. Among the Daddy Dearest revelations: J.D. experimented with Scientology, advised her to abort her baby...
...captures landscapes made to flatten emotion--a clinic shrouded in snow, a sterile apartment complex--and yet shows the reader the meaning and even beauty in every glimpse from a highway, every snippet of small talk. His is a graphic version of the anomie found in a Raymond Carver short story, with a social-historic sweep and unexpected, if fleeting, grace notes. And that may be this melancholy book's uplifting message: even in the most emotionally barren settings, there is still something not to deaden us but to make us stronger...
Good tests should include a mix of essay, problem- solving, short-answer and even some multiple-choice questions. On math quizzes, students should be able to show how they arrived at their answer. The tests widely used today often rely too much on multiple-choice questions, which encourage guessing rather than thinking. Also, they frequently ignore the importance of knowledge. Today's history tests, for example, seldom expect the student to know any history--sometimes derided as "mere facts"--but only to be able to read charts, graphs and cartoons...