Word: chalks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hearing-impaired twelfth-grade students at University High School in Irvine, Calif., last week marked a special homecoming. With hugs, flowers and sign-language messages of "I love you," they welcomed back Career Counselor Vincent Chalk...
...After Chalk, 43, was diagnosed as having AIDS last February, Orange County school officials barred him from his classroom and transferred him to an education department desk job. Citing accepted medical opinion that AIDS cannot be spread by casual contact, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco two weeks ago found that the school had violated federal laws preventing discrimination against the handicapped. Said Chalk of the emotional reunion: "It has given me a lot of optimism. I expect to stay the year and be back next fall. I'm not giving...
Richard Gephardt displayed his mastery of the intricacies of the market crash in almost textbook fashion: he lectured a sleepy high school class in Sioux City, Iowa, on the global economy, complete with chalk diagrams. Gore jettisoned his standard text and went after the President with lines like "What crashed on Monday was not only the stock market but Reaganomics as well." Still, Bruce Babbitt remains the only Democrat to confront the deficit boldly, especially with his underdog challenge to middle-class entitlement programs...
...keys to the successful afternoon was the Crimson's ability to contain confident NU quarterback Jim O'Leary, who managed to chalk up 192 yards on the ground in the Huskies' first two games when he wasn't busy deceiving opposing defenses into foolish pursuits...
...Chalk One Up For Divestment: As graduating seniors received their diplomas with all the pomp and circumstance they could muster, the University announced on June 11 that four prodivestment candidates had won election to the 30-member Board of Overseers...