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...secondary school students each year. Kasharine G. Galaitsis, Assistant0 Dean for Student Services at the Summer School describes the admissions process as "very rigorous." Pihl added, "We are basically looking at high school juniors who have scored better than 1200 on their SAT's, and have at least a B-plus average...
...week Wall Street, like a father weary of the squabbling of two siblings, stepped in with a stinging rebuke. The New York investment rating firm of Standard & Poor's Corp. downgraded the city's credit rating on certain notes and bonds from single A-minus to triple B-plus. That is an official assessment that is likely to cost the city millions of dollars in increased interest charges on new debt and spur higher interest costs for taxpayers. Moreover, it means a loss of prestige for Chicago, casting it into the same category as Cleveland and New York...
...Question tested arcane knowledge known only by the overeducated few. This week's special called The I Love TV Test (ABC, May 19, 8 p.m. E.D.T.) tests a knowledge of television history so superficial that even the most desultory viewer should score at least a B-plus. It is a multiple-choice TV trivia quiz that is merely trivial. Sample question: What was Lucille Ball's baby's name? 1) Little Desi, 2) Little Lucy, 3) Little...
...Bartel made two manic car-chase movies, Death Race 2000 and Cannonball, whose plots inspired The Cannonball Run. For his presence in that film, Burt Reynolds was reportedly paid $5 million; for directing Death Race 2000, Bartel earned $5,000. Such are the rewards of B-plus moviemaking...
...served him. There were 80-hour work weeks, Sunday night staff meetings, and one session at which the Governor had to be cautiously reminded that it was Christmas Eve. His office superlatives had to be adjusted for inflation. Persico's revaluation: " 'You're fantastic'-B-plus. 'You're the greatest'-C. 'Thanks loads'-start considering new employment...