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Just then, the waiter arrived, wheeling a wooden cart that carried an elaborate silver tray that was resplendent with assorted tea sandwiches of every shape and size, filled with savory fish and chicken salads, smoked salmon, pastel creams and little wisps of sprouts and cress, intermingled with tiny scones, colorful tarts, and petits fours. The waiter placed a bowl of clotted cream on the table, fresh butter, and a bowl of chocolate-covered strawberries.
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Angelina went into the kitchen, her only hope of sanctuary, and started building a couple of sandwiches. She toasted some Italian sandwich bread, cooked up half a pound of thick-cut bacon, sliced some tomato, diced up a hard-boiled egg, cut some razor-thin slices of red onion, laid on a couple of sardines, topped the stack with lettuce, and schmeared generous swirls of mayo on the bread. Then she made herself a big, hot cup of peppermint tea and sat down at the table for her lunch.
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When I graduated from college I was paying $900 a month in rent, and finally decided that I was tired of throwing that away,
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More information about students is usually what these colleges opt for.
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Kids come back and tell their friends how much they like the program, school, team and that makes other kids want to go there.
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We don't want to penalize students for something that was not their fault.
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We feel terrible about this. We're putting kids through a great deal of anxiety and angst, even kids who won't be affected.
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The SAT has been administered for 80 years. Nowadays we are giving the test nearly 3 million times a year. This is the first time in 80 years that there has been a problem of this magnitude. I would hope that people will keep this in perspective.
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It's good news if you can increase participation and increase performance of that group at the same time, ... It goes against the trend.
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