In this scam, a student in New York faxed the contents of an exam paper to another student in Hawaii who was taking the same exam on the same day - but at a later hour.

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The second strike will be held between 13:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT on Thursday which is an exam day for many of the island's GCSE and A-Level students.

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On test day, who is the proctor in the Regents Exam testing room?

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Rusk, 67, a former machinist and painter who admitted on a 1992 medical exam to drinking a six-pack of beer a day and occasionally using "amphetamine and IV crank, " blamed his shortness of breath on brake pads even though he worked part-time as a car mechanic and started smoking in 1951.

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