Word: begun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks later Greene and his staff made a surprise sweep of the corridors, rounding up 400 students who were loitering after classes had begun. All of them were suspended and sent home with letters requesting that their parents meet with Greene before the students could be allowed to return. In his first semester, Greene handed out 2,000 suspensions and ordered 100 transfers. Students got the message. By the end of Greene's first year, classroom attendance had risen from 56% to 85%. With a measure of order and calm restored, Greene went to work on academics...
Fortunately, in the case of Argentina at least, the United States has begun to overcome its past record. Just a few years ago, when a military junta controlled Argentina and carried out the bloody "dirty war" against Argentinian civilians, the United States government vigorously backed the junta. Sunday, however, it was these very military officers whose rebellion was so successfully quelled...
Other branches of the service are trying to mimic or duplicate the role of the Marine Corps by imitating its fast-and-flexible style; the Army, for example, is developing lightly equipped divisions for quick deployment. Even more disturbing are signs that the Marines have begun to imitate some of the top-heavy characteristics of the other services: 30 years ago there was one enlisted Marine officer for every two grunts; now the ratio is 1 to 1. Less than one-third of the troops in each Marine division now have combat jobs, and the ratio of desk jobs...
...result of the loss of these veterans, baseball is experiencing a changing of the guard. Younger players have begun to take the place of the veterans. Wally Joyner, Jose Canseco, Tony Fernandez and Roger Clemens are part of a younger crop of talented players who will lead baseball into the next decade...
...formal announcement at Red Rocks, a park 16 miles from downtown Denver, was before his wife and daughter, reporters, cameras and staff. Hart said the Park, begun with federal funds during the Depression, "is a symbol of what a benevolent government...