EDITORIAL TAFT'S BRAINIACS.Taft High School's Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. team won its third national championship Saturday, marking the fourth straight year in which a local school topped the competition. Last year, another Woodland Hills school - Taft's rival, El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Could it be that there's something in the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's water that builds such a smart bunch of students? More likely, the Valley's ethic of hard work and pride and the diversity of its people are factors. Hats off to the nine members of the team for their victory, and to their coach, Arthur Berchin, and the teachers, friends and family members who supported their quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the academic excellence. |
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