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...throws intended to test Williams—thanks in part to a highly experienced secondary at every position—resulted in more chances to make big plays. Williams capped the solid defensive effort that shut out Brown’s offense in the second half, allowing Harvard to win its Ivy League opener and even its overall record...
...reading, 4th grade scores have been rising gradually since 1996 and were up two points on this year's test. But progress in 8th grade remains elusive: the average 8th grade score (263) was the same in 2007 as it was in 2003 and 1998. Only three states (Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland) along with Washington, D.C., actually saw gains in both 4th and 8th grade reading scores. Seven states lost ground in 8th grade reading, compared with 1998 results. And despite the gains in 4th grade scores, not one state - not even mighty Massachusetts - has even half...
...Fans of the Western will say that trope simply proves the purity of the form: that it's a fable, a parable, a chivalric test of manhood. Whatever its historic validity, the notion of the big shootout kept Westerns going strong for the first 70 years of Hollywood cinema. It began with the first smash hit at the nickelodeons, The Great Train Robbery, and continued with Cecil B. De Mille's The Squaw Man and John Ford's The Iron Horse in the silent era. Cimarron, a generational tale from Edna Ferber, was declared Best Picture at the fourth Academy...
Cook rose as high as No. 2 on the quarterback depth chart last year, for the Brown contest, when both O’Hagan and senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti were unavailable, but never saw the field behind center. That allowed Murphy to test him out at defensive back in practice, before it became clear that his ability at receiver was too much to ignore...
...McCanns, but also printing stories that tend to bolster the police line of inquiry. London's Evening Standard recently quoted sources as saying critics of the DNA evidence - which early reports said implicated the McCanns - didn't know what they were talking about, that investigators had "full confidence" in test results. Yet, on the next page, the paper ran a two-page spread headlined, "Despite the accusations, facts are on their side...