Over the three-year observation period, the African-American students who took part in the study had higher grade-point averages relative to multiple control groups, and the minority achievement gap overall was reduced by a dramatic 50%.
Left-wingers point out that employer-provided health care fails to control costs while leaving the government with a huge bill (Uncle Sam pays about half the cost of health care).
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For photographers looking to step up from traditional point-and-shoot cameras to professionals who crave complete creative control, the P7700 offers one of the most comprehensive feature sets available in its class.
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Low-fat diet advocates point out that while the control group participants were advised to follow a low-fat diet, they didn't necessarily do so.
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But today's problem of non-point source pollution is more difficult to control.
Then choose your seat accordingly: Sit at the head of the table or at mid-point on the side if you want to exert control, and choose any other position around the table if you want to state symbolically that you are an equal member of a collaborative team.
Perhaps the most promising approach, from the governments' point of view, is co-ordinated action to gain some control over the online world.
The BP730 is easily operated with the acclaimed LG Magic Remote, enabling customers to navigate the system's control options with point-and-wheel based actions.
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With further mention of topical issues such as immigration reform and gun control, Obama came to his key point -- that adhering to America's bedrock principles requires taking action on today's challenges.
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Forty-three percent said the shootings in Connecticut make them more likely to support gun control laws, a 15-point increase from January 2011 following the Arizona gun rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Forty-three percent said the elementary school shootings in Connecticut make them more likely to support gun control laws, a 15-point increase from January 2011 following the Arizona gun rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Unlike other botnets, Storm has no single command-and-control point--it functions as a peer-to-peer system where any hijacked computer can give and receive commands.
The new Wi-Fi models are part of an all-new seven-model Everio line that spans a wide range of needs, from point-and-shoot simplicity for the casual shooter to full manual control for the serious videographer.
The most important point is to keep portions under control by buying single-serving bars if possible or breaking off a serving and putting the rest of the bar out of sight so you are not tempted to eat more than one serving.
Teachers can use a software suite to take control of the machines via wi-fi and point them at various Web-based education programs.
The point is to make these plans, which often have few cost-control features, unattractive.
Assistant Chief Constable James Vaughan told the inquest the officers involved had behaved correctly, but the control room operator had failed to carry out a full eight-point risk assessment.
As for the liquid lens, Nippon Electric Glass' version uses low-power electric field to control its liquid crystal molecular orientation, thus changing the focal point.
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"They're upset to the point where it's like they feel Colorado is being stereotyped as a gun-control state, " DeCarlo said.
They point to the Sakhalin-2 project off Russia's Far East coast, where Gazprom gained majority control from Royal Dutch Shell last year, after Russian authorities refused to give Shell environmental clearance for the scheme.
Carroll said Cuomo's overall 15-point drop in favorability in part of the Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday now appears to be linked only to the gun control law, not his broader "liberal" agenda as Carroll believed on Wednesday.
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