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Word: attendents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last spring, the Corporation rejected a council request to allow a non-council divestment activist to attend the session...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Students to Meet With Corporation | 4/5/1989 | See Source »

Some members of the Mission Hill Neighborhood Association, opposed to construction of subsidized housing on the Ledge, tried to attend a meeting on March 13 with representatives of NHS and Harvard Real Estate (HRE), which manages the University's non-academic real estate, to discuss plans for the site...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Group Will Favor Harvard Land Sale | 4/4/1989 | See Source »

...South Carolina three years ago, Reggie was an All-State center. More than a dozen universities salivated over his 22-points-a-game average. They paid little mind to his scant 2.0 grade-point average. It was Bob Battisti, coach of Northwestern Oklahoma State University, who persuaded Reggie to attend his school. What won him over, said Reggie, was Battisti's promise that a tutor would be available to help him through the difficult academic times ahead. "I knew I wasn't no A student," explains Reggie. For the Ford family, it was a shining moment. They are poor. Reggie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: College Sport...Foul! | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...April 11, 1986, Daniels signed a letter of intent to attend UNLV. Six months later, UNLV's then assistant coach Mark Warkentien became his legal guardian. It was arranged for Daniels to attend a California junior college to get his grades up and help him with his reading. He then enrolled at UNLV. But on Feb. 9, 1987, Daniels was arrested attempting to buy crack. Perry paid the $1,500 to bail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Playing To Win in Vegas | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...UNLV's players often arrive on campus with severe reading problems, poor study skills and swollen egos. They practice as much as four hours a day, seven days a week, and miss 30 to 40 days of classes because of road games. During their absence, notetakers are hired to attend class for them. All players are required to attend a two-hour study hall after practice, but some are so exhausted they can barely keep their eyes open. UNLV's graduation rate is better than that of many schools, although only 40% of the team ever get degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Playing To Win in Vegas | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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