Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee decided to add the question as "a matter of curiosity," she said. "We'd speculated and wondered about how many people take cram courses for quite a while, and we just wanted to know...
...know what you're saying. "Of what possible value could I be to the government? All I can do is cram for tests, guzzle beer and play squash...
Preparing for exams is an accepted part of classroom life, but students at Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, N.J., may soon be given the sort of test that is hard to cram for. Two months ago, the local school board voted that all 479 of the youngsters at Becton must submit to urinalysis in a search for drug users. The screening is now on hold, while five students backed by the American Civil Liberties Union test the testing in court. "It's against the Bill of Rights that we're supposed to be learning about...
...films such as The big chill and The World According to Garp, and she does her best here, but it just isn't enough to salvage Maxie. Indeed, it's remarkable she doesn't fail completely in light of the lines Maxie is given. The script, which manages to cram at least five 20's cliches into every sentence, must have been hard for Close to read without either laughing or bursting into tears...
...What did you do this summer?" I try to cram down the rest of my tostada as the question sweeps along the table like a prairie fire. "Oh, I cured cancer. What about...