Word: blues
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they're heading off to college, but because they're finally done with the SATs. The dreaded Saturday mornings spent frantically filling in bubbles are finally over. The only tests they'll have to worry about for the next four years will be, for the most part, done in blue books. But future generations of students may be even more inundated by standardized tests. The Republican presidential frontrunner, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, has made accountability and assessment the centerpiece of his educational plan...
During the day, Abramian works as a security guard at Northeastern University--doing the same job he performed at Harvard, but without union recognition and for considerably lower wages. At Harvard, he earned $13 an hour and received Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical insurance. Now, he earns $8 an hour and gets no benefits...
...before the election, incumbent Kathleen L. Born had set up shop by the Church Street T stop and was handing out leaflets to Cantabrigians on their way to work. Candidate David P. Maher was standing with a bright blue campaign sign amidst a sea of supporters on the median strip near the corner of Garden Street and Mass. Ave. Nearby was incumbent Anthony D. Galluccio, cheerily waving and yelling "How are ya?" to people in cars as they passed...
LUNCH Cobb salad with chicken, nitrate-free bacon, hard-boiled egg, salad greens, tomatoes, blue cheese...
CHIP IN FOR BLUE CHIPS Can't afford $125 for a share of GE? Buy it on the installment plan. Starting in mid-November, even the smallest investors will be able to buy partial shares of some 300 heavily traded stocks on Sharebuilder.com With no minimum required to open an account or make a trade, this site is geared for beginners--i.e., mutual-fund investors curious about stock picking or kids just cracking open their piggy banks--and charges only $2 a purchase ($1 for kids) and $20 a sale...