We put another into the back of the net and the score is now 3-0. ... They manage to score one goal. ... They ended up scoring again and I could see the look in everyone's eyes, it was like we had given up and we were finished. The score was now 3-3 and we couldn't seem to keep our poise without our captain on the pitch. ... I will never lose hope or give up on anything regardless what the odds are because anything can happen if you believe....

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The odds of the next race are automatically calculated by the tracks computers and displayed to the betters on screens during the betting period. The odds are updated automatically every minute. If the odds of a certain horse winning are 2:1, you"ll get 2 dollars for every one that you wager. ... When the authorities confronted Sklar he immediately admitted to fixing the scores of races in California from 1983 up to 1995. ... Scores of trainers have been suspended in the past year after post-race tests detected that their horses had been loaded up with banned substances. ...

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The odds are against them. ... It is quite ironic how nations using performance assessments are scoring higher then students in the United States on multiple-choice tests. ... With the scores they are able to rank order and compare those students and/or districts. ... While this is all beneficial and an easy way to see how education, as a whole, is doing, those test scores are providing very little, truthful information. ... To use the scores to rank and compare students is wrong. ...

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Some of these bets include civilization destroyed by mass suicide at 100 million to one odds, destruction by aliens at 500,000 to one odds, and worldwide floods at 100,000 to one odds. One man put a pound on 6,666,666 to one odds that the world would end at six p.m. on the sixth day of the sixth month of 1999. Another man bet at one million to one odds that the world would end on August 11, 1999 at 12:50 p.m. ... People bet on things like a completed first pass-attempt by John Elway, the jersey number of the first person to score, the team to score the longest touchdown, and the total number o...

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The score is obtained by subtracting errors from total ceiling score. When PPVT-R standard scores are compared to PPVT IQS, WISC-R IQS, and Stanford-Binet IQS, the mean PPVT-R scores have been significantly lower. ... The modest coefficients of determination emerging from these correlations suggest limited shared variance; thus PPVT-R scores should not be interpreted as intelligence test scores. ... Casserly, the executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group for urban school systems, characterized the findings of the report, "Beating the Odds II," as encouraging, pointing to signif...

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Well, Adrian Peterson put up the most yards from scrimmage and scored the second most touchdowns by a running back in the 2012-2013 NFL season. In a standard scoring fantasy football league, Peterson yielded two hundred and ninety-seven points. ... That being said, Adrian Peterson does not score so many points by mere happenstance. ... Usually, quarterbacks score the most points on a fantasy team, so it made sense to draft them before running backs. ... For example, the odds of a quarterback getting injured are drastically smaller than the player whose job it is to get past all of the big me...

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As the season began, the Patriots odds of winning it all were about 70:1. ... When they surpassed all odds and proved every critic wrong, they achieved their dreams. ... The score was tied at seventeen and the Patriots were only at midfield. ...

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In fact, just prior to start of the 1980 Olympics, the Russians routed the American team by a score of 10-3 in an exhibition which likely contributed to our Soviet anxiety. ... Although Russia and the U.S. are now working towards solutions to the Iranian nuclear situation and removing chemical weapons from Syria, Russia has supported the Iranian and Syrian leaders who have often been at odds with the U.S. ...

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When I took my style inventory, I noticed that I scored the highest in cooperation both times. ... Other assessment tools that I have taken in the past also indicated that I scored very high in resolving disputes in a constructive manner when my "hot button" is pressed rather than in a destructive approach. ... More importantly, based on the required tasks, individuals need to know their current skills will match-up and thus improving the odds of success. ...

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The classrooms are crowded, violence is growing, and test scores are falling. ... With the administration of a voucher program the odds of tuition rising are great. ... Private schools do not have to hire certified teachers, administer statewide tests, and do not have to release such facts as employee wages, benefits, and test scores. ...

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It is a gratifying event when a hard working, deserving person beats the odds. ... She boasted a 3.8 grade point average and a high Law School Aptitude Test score. ... Four minorities, including one black and three Mexican Americans, were easily admitted with lower scores and ratings. ... This use of admissions is unfair to the other higher scoring students. ... UCLA School of Medicine accepted twenty-seven blacks while admitting no whites or Asians with GPA's of 3.24 or below and Medical College Admissions Test scores of 93.4 and below. ...

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In fact, scores of groups and organizations that were formed during the period were on record opposing the unification and its state formation day celebrations. ... While the political leadership at both the state and central levels hardly endeavored for any sort of convergence, the peoples were at odds all through. ...

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When measured in speed, as in size or strength, men score above women on average but men's and women's bell-curves overlap, meaning that well trained women do possess and have the potential to perform as well men. ... Today, we are at odds with a culture very different than our own, whose traditions and life-style are of the most extreme conservative in the world. ...

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Action that Leads to Satisfaction As Herbert Spencer eloquently puts it "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." Aspiring students for universities begin and plan their future long before applications are sent in. There are many intelligent people, who lack degrees and bachelo...

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Crusading against all odds, they struggle to provide refuge to prostitutes forcibly bought into the trade. ... There are scores of Indians, who on social media, stir up debates on a woman's right to dress up as she pleases. ...

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These are terrible crimes, committed in the states with the largest death row and the largest score of government sanctioned killings (Liebman 7). ... This reveals that the odds of receiving a death sentence are nearly four times (3.9) higher if the defendant is black (Richard 3). ...

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The conditions in the Ingush camps have driven scores of Chechens back into the breakaway republic of Chechnya, where their fates are far from secure." ... The names of the groups fighting have changed repeatedly but they have always been at odds. ...

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This helped him to overcome the odds and regain his title in 1974 by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round. ... He already taken the army test and score 35 percentile, and to qualify you needed at least a 55 or higher. ...

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He defeated four Austrian generals in succession, each at impossible odds, and forced Austria and it's allies to make peace. ... Napoleon appeared briefly and scored victories, but after his departure the fighting continued for five years, with the British backing the Spanish armies and guerrillas. ...

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They face overwhelming odds with every mission and are set apart from the rest by their courage and tradition of carrying out their mission. ... Must score a minimum of 206 points on the Army physical fitness, with no less than 60 points on any event, using standards for age group 17 to 21. ...

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Literature Review Since the birth of the Internet, its intended functions and actual use have been at odds. ... Students will be chosen that score the highest on the number of times they access the Internet on a daily basis and the number of different tasks that they perform via the Internet. ...

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Researchers reported that parental involvement positively affected the grades and math test scores of adolescent students, decreased the odds of a student dropping out of high school, had positive effects on the grades of high school seniors and the amount of time in higher ability mathematics groups (Carter & Wojtkiewicz, 2000). ...

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Since the insurer's risk is spread, he can offer huge odds. Moreover, the insurer invests the premium he receives each year, and has employees (called Actuaries or Actuarial Officers) who calculate the odds on each policy based on mortality rates, the mortality experience of the insurer, and the return on investment which the insurer is likely to get. ... This is where the ICICI Prudential Life scores over other private players. ...

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In the unit's math lessons, students calculate commissions and odds, compare price-to-earnings ratios, use fractions and decimals, graph the results of various investment strategies, and more. ... The site promises a future feature that will allow teachers to review scores and statistics for their own students. ...

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