Some never finished grade school.

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The year is 1920 and Albert Gore has just finished eighth grade, an age when many farm children quit their formal schooling.

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He fasted twice a week and, each morning after dawn prayers, studied the Koran, which he had memorized by the time he finished sixth grade.

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Michelle Brooks, who finished eighth grade in June, vividly recalls the chaos of cops and helicopters as she, her family and a dozen neighbors fled to a couple of condos that belonged to her mother's employer.

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The newest SPARC watch is the SPARC Sigma MGS. It will initially be offered in a black or satin finished steel case on a bracelet or high-grade rubber strap.

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In 2011, Castellano finished as one of the top five jockeys in the nation, with 11 Grade 1 victories, more than any other rider that year.

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