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Christian Science Monitor: Pro Tennis Players Gear Up for Surface Switches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a sample comparison and contrast essay from a magazine. The article "Pro Tennis Players Gear Up for Surface Switches" by Suman Bandrapalli is about the grass tennis courses at Wimbledon versus other playing surfaces.
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Christian Science Monitor: What Kids Did on the Western Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article addressed to students discusses the life of children on the western frontier, about the time of the "Little House" stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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Cs Monitor: Red Carpet Leads Back to a Nation in Tatters

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing Hamid Karzai on a trip to Washington in 2002. Article gives excellent information on the demeanor of the savvy Afghan leader. (31 January 2002)
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Christian Science Monitor: The Labor of Love

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from The Christian Science Monitor entitled "The labor of finding love: Why today's nonsystem is a good thing" explores the patterns - and non-patterns - in contemporary dating and the effects this seem to have on...
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Christian Science Monitor: Population Decline in Sight

For Students 9th - 10th
This Christian Science Monitor article notes the projections of a UN Conference of March 2001, predicting that fertility rates worldwide are decreasing, and population decline is in sight.
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Christian Science Monitor: Two Visions of Iraq Struggle to Take Hold

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Aug. 16, 2004, describes the difficult road that Iraq must struggle down to secure a permament government. As representatives gather to choose an assembly, violence has broken out in Najaf.
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Cs Monitor: Why One Town in Oil Rich Texas Is Ditching Fossil Fuels

For Students 9th - 10th
The city of Georgetown in Texas has decided that it is more economically feasible for them to meet their energy needs using renewable energy resources. Learn the rationale behind this unusual decision in an oil-rich state. (Published:...
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Christian Science Monitor: The Map of the Millennium

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Christian Science Monitor explores the impact of key astronomical discoveries of the past millennium on science and religion.
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Christian Science Monitor: Where's Osama? Do We Care?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article (published June 27, 2002) takes a look at why we are still unable to locate Osama bin Laden. Content also explores his continued importance in the War on Terror.
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Cs Monitor: Strategies for Dealing With Rage

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by the Christian Science Monitor (December 21, 1999), explores the sharp differences in strategies for dealing with rage. With all the talk of violence in schools, how should kids handle the rage that may be...