With the second round of the playoffs over, so too are the hopes of many upper tier teams. Upsets ran amok through the second round and the underdogs lived to fight another day.
Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 but strived to become the well-known, educated man people see him as today. Recognized for founding Tuskegee Institute, Washington ensured that the school emphasized academics and practical areas for the advancement of uneducated blacks.
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On Friday, Feb. 18, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., on their "Directions in Music" tour. Their nearly three-hour performance was as powerful, complex and inexplicable as any music being played today.
Washington Redskin Doug Williams was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He was named the MVP of the Super Bowl XXII, after leading his team to a 42-10 defeat of the Denver Broncos.
Bethesda Row features movies that are not played at most average movie theaters. It's movies are mostly independent and foreign films.
The outside of the Takoma Metro station, one of the stops now featured on Silver Chips Online's new Metro section.
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The article below is from the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium school newspaper, located in Hamburg, Germany. The article deals with the newly implemented A-Level examination, a test that is taken by all graduating students in thirteenth grade in Hamburg schools. The A-Level exam is very similar to the standardized testing in American schools.
On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the period of public comment ended on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.'s (R) proposed intercounty connector (ICC), a highway that would link Interstate 270 near Rockville with Interstate 95 near Laurel. Ehrlich has labeled the ICC "his top transportation priority,” and the Maryland General Assembly is expected to vote on the project before the legislative session ends on April 11.
The NHL did it again. Incredible. And by incredible I mean absolutely disgraceful. That's what Saturday's labor meetings were to the sport that somehow made itself look even more inept and selfish than it was when the season got cancelled on Wednesday.
The Van Ness-UDC Metro station
The brooding Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in "Constantine."
Three of Silver Chips Online's entertainment staff writers have endeavoured to predict the winners of the 2004-2005 Academy Awards. Submit your own predictions in 12 poll categories!
E Street Cinema near Metro Center
A Best Buy store located near Tenleytown
A bookstore and grill located near Dupont Circle.
Austin Grill near the Bethesda station.
On Monday, Jan. 31, junior Abrahm Gurmu died of heart disease. It was his first day at Blair. Abrahm, who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, came to America eight months ago to pursue a better education. "He was very eager to go to school," said Abrahm's cousin, senior Namerud Admasu. Abrahm was also a model student back at home in Addis Keteema School, according to his older brother, Dawit Gurmu, who said Abrahm was one of 10,000 students, out of a pool of five million, to receive a high score on an important nationwide exam.
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