Assessment for that is mainly done within a school but follows a detailed specification - with marks deducted for dragging crimpers when applying almond paste, for example.

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In addition, less than half of school-age children -- the population mainly responsible for spreading the flu virus -- got the flu shot, experts said.

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Take Beechen Cliff grant maintained comprehensive school in Bath, for example - with pupils coming mainly from middle class, professional backgrounds and consistently above-average exam results.

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Hajdu, the music critic for The New Republic and a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism, mainly focuses on the latter implications of his title: how a double-page photo in Time magazine sabotaged Eckstine's career.

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