Word: annexed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...National Assembly to hold a national referendum, the opposition New Democrats seized the speaker's rostrum in the red-carpeted Assembly chamber and refused to yield it through four days of 24-hour debates. Finally, the Democratic Republicans and a few independent Assemblymen slipped next door to an annex and at 2 a.m. passed the bill 122 to 0. The opposition wailed that "democracy is dead in Korea," but the vote was technically legal...
Even as far back as 1879 there was such a thing as a "Harvard Girl," but only Mrs. Aggasiz, Radcliffe's founder, used the term. Radcliffe at that time was formally called "The Society for Intercollegiate Instruction of Women," nicknamed the "X College" or the "Harvard Annex"--the popular epithat today. In 1894, however, the Annex incorporated as Radcliffe College, and Cliffies became real...
...Freedom Annex now has a curriculum that many college black-studies departments would envy. Twelve salaried and accredited teachers offer 85 students courses in black history, Swahili, black literature, black art and drama and community organization. Students spend half their day at Eastern High in the study of math and the sciences, half at the Annex. Though the Annex gives no grades, just pass-fail ratings, the high school gives full credit for Annex classes, and Eastern's Principal William Saunders backs the student-run school enthusiastically. He is particularly impressed by the lack of disciplinary problems...
...Excess Success. Despite the emphasis on black studies and black pride, no anti-white hostility is discernible. By their own efforts, the students have rejected the lethargy and alienation inherent in their ghetto lives, and they take a positive view of the future. They plan to keep Freedom Annex improving and growing. Already, four dropouts from Eastern, encouraged by the Annex's freedom, have returned to classes and are doing well...
...trouble is, despite donations and grants, the Annex does not have enough money to operate for the entire year. The students plan to hold a fashion show and put on a play to raise funds, but even if they succeed their school will still be in danger. There is a possibility that Washington will adopt the Annex program for its entire school system. The Strivers would like to see the idea spread, but they know that a large part of the Annex's appeal is that it is voluntary. Massive adoption, they fear, might well kill the spirit that...