| In David McPhail's hands, George is laconic, with an embittered acceptance of an underachieving life. |
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| Chris Rock's evolution from underachieving Saturday Night Live also-ran to incendiary social commentator is the stuff of comedy legend. |
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| Levees have to be re-engineered and an underachieving school system re-resurrected, probably under state control. |
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| Well, it seems that I yet again have to suffer through another year with you undereducated and underachieving students. |
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| I felt useless, knew full well that I was underachieving, but still refused point blank to do anything about it. |
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| At present it feels like a lost cause, and the SNP seems directionless, ennuied and underachieving. |
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| The school collaborates with a charity to inspire and re-engage underachieving pupils and chronic truants. |
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| While the film is making respectful money, the trades seem to report that it is underachieving according to expectations. |
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| The aim is to nip any problems in the bud before they spiral out of control and lead to youngsters dropping out or underachieving. |
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| Could it be that Washington has again assembled an all-star roster but an underachieving team? |
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| However, it's foolish to assume he would transform an underachieving team into an instant contender. |
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| In short, he could make up for a forgettable season with a memorable postseason, if only the light comes on in time to help the underachieving Seahawks. |
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| The underachieving Uzbeks though will be relying on a sudden return to form if they are to win in Manama following recent eratic performances. |
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| Thus begins White's slow slide from law-abiding, underachieving schmo to homicidal drug lord. |
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| Adults, too, may be failing or underachieving, although their failure does not show up in marks on examination papers. |
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| The focus is usually on selective statistics about underachieving children, ineffective schools and funding problems. |
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| It is not enough to catch failing and underachieving students in their final year in high school. |
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| The Academy of Reading is a computer based training program designed to help underachieving students develop effective reading skills. |
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| Offer to help the boy in subjects in which he may be underachieving and needs to be coached. |
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| Reference may also be made to dormant talent, fully developed talent and underachieving talent. |
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| Literacy-focused schools assess underachieving groups, identify priorities, and create an action plan to address them. |
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| If they did, it would be the first signs of intelligent life from the underachieving aggie. |
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| These are aimed at pupils who are underachieving or at risk of exclusion and cover basic skills like literacy and numeracy as well as sport, music, ICT and media courses. |
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| This is problem even before the university stage, these children are underachieving at school and nothing seems to be happening to correct this problem. |
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| Dr Nash will also discuss the relevance of the programme for other groups of children who may be underachieving and experiencing failure at school. |
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| Mikey's the underachieving Mama's boy, with an ex-wife, an adolescent daughter, no job and no real skills. |
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| Our management is pretty sympathetic, but we must still go through every single child and if they're underachieving there needs to be an explanation for that. |
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| On 28 March Qatar face a Bahrain site desperately unlucky not to beat Australia in their last outing, and four days later they face an underachieving Uzbek side that seem to be slowly moving into gear. |
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| Maori children were significantly underachieving at school. |
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| If you think winning Wimbledon is underachieving, from Andy that's too good. |
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| Both sides are underachieving this season and a win for either could kick start their campaign. |
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| According to the AVID paradigm, introducing underachieving students to advanced academics and motivating those students through tutorials and additional activities will improve their access to college. |
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| Students who have a negative perception of school are more likely to be underachieving academically and are at greater risk of adopting unhealthy behaviours. |
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| Tensions mounted between Ridsdale and Venables and with the team underachieving, Venables was sacked and replaced by Peter Reid. |
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| A serially underachieving economy, repeatedly trumped by dynamic Brazil? |
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| Attainment gaps among ethnic minorities continued to narrow and local authorities continued to receive support for pupils from ethnic minorities or with English as a second language who were at risk of underachieving. |
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| Figure 3 shows examinations to be the strongest motivator, followed by a desire to supplement school learning and by a perception that they were underachieving. |
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| Not all boys are underachieving or at risk. |
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| Portland acquired underachieving forward Thomas Robinson, center Robin Lopez and guard Terrel Harris. |
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| For me, Proviso is underachieving, as she is fighting her jockey in the early stages, which is taking something away from her game at the finish. |
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| These schools set realistic challenges for all students, offer additional opportunities for students who excel, and provide early intervention and extra help for students who are underachieving. |
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| Whiteside was the teenage prodigy who, some say, was indulged, by Atkinson and then, as the chief representative of the hard-living, underachieving bad old days, sold by Ferguson. |
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| Clearly define assessment tasks so that students, particularly those who are underachieving, understand the steps they must take to complete the work. |
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| Us as players just strive to get victories and I think we know we have been underachieving with the squad we have got and we have to pick up on that and be consistent. |
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| Chu Teh-yung's often sharp depiction of family issues such as parental pressure on underachieving children and generational conflicts was too daring for China a decade ago. |
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| By a twist of chance, he falls into a job tutoring an underachieving high-school student in mathematics, but he quickly discovers that his tutee is more able than he. |
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| All the action from the topflight encounter at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, where underachieving Atletico entertain the champions and current league leaders. |
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