Fifty-five percent of the Class of 2011 had no full-time work nine months after graduating, he said, and even prestigious law schools apparently have turned to hiring their own grads to polish their placement records.

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Viacom's main class of stock briefly hit an all-time high after the results came out.

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Mr. Campbell, the 14-year-old, started playing after Mr. Sokolski, his teacher at the time, introduced the game to his class in Petawawa five years ago.

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