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...place that offered instruction at such times. Then in 1975 he heard about Weekend College, a pioneering effort of Wayne State University in nearby Detroit. Caygill enrolled, kept up a 3.65 average for five years and in June 1979 became one of 675 graduates who have been awarded a Bachelor of General Studies degree since the founding of the innovative school in 1973. Says Caygill: "It's an excellent opportunity for people who have to work...
...mile record of 3 min. 49 sec. Hungry for an international sports success, most Britons seemed to support Coe's decision. Still, young "Seb" came under pressure from boycott backers to stay at home. He handled it with analytical detachment, as befits a scholar-athlete with a double bachelor of arts degree (he studied economics, social history and political science at Loughborough University). Asked by an interviewer if he cared at all about Afghanistan, Coe replied coolly: "I am absorbed. I can see the seriousness of this issue and where the world seems to be moving...
According to Iranian sources, the remaining cast members were torn over Queen's departure. Some found the 28-year-old bachelor to be a good actor and attributed his release to his subtle performance as a man with a mental disorder. Others, more skeptical, deny that Queen had any talent. "The CIA gave him pills," said one unnamed source in the holy city of Qum. "I just hope they don't give me hepatitis. I'd prefer migraines...
...First Family, and that they want any such family to be very familial indeed. No divorced man has ever been elected President, and except for Warren Harding, there has not been a childless President since James Buchanan (1857-61), who was also the only President to remain a lifelong bachelor...
Ironically, the slide occurred at a time when teachers were getting far more training than ever before. In the early 1900s, few elementary school teachers went to college; most were trained at two-year normal schools. Now a bachelor's degree from college is a general requirement for teaching. Today's teaching incompetence reflects the lax standards in many of the education programs at the 1,150 colleges around the country that train teachers. It also reflects on colleges generally, since teachers take more than half their courses in traditional departments like English, history and mathematics...