Word: crossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colfax children spent most of their time working and studying on the ranch, they also participated in some community activities when they were younger. Reed was involved in 4-H, which he describes as "a sort of agricultural Boy Scouts," as well as an adult soccer league and cross-country track races...
...even then the administration hailed diversity's importance. "Each house is intended to comprise as nearly as may be a cross-section of the whole residential membership of the College," said Lowell...
...walkout by some 9,000 Eastern machinists, baggage handlers and other I.A.M. members was supported by thousands of Eastern pilots and flight attendants who refused to cross the picket lines. Determined to continue operating, Eastern said it had hired 1,100 accredited mechanics and 5,500 unskilled workers to fill in for baggage handlers and other ground-service workers. But without its pilots, Eastern was nearly paralyzed. In contrast to an average daily schedule of some 1,040 flights, on Saturday the airline managed to get only a few dozen jets into...
Starting Saturday, other carriers struggled to accommodate Eastern customers looking for an alternative ride. Meanwhile, the airline once run by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker was heading into the heaviest cross fire in its history...
...small minority population, started the nation's first statewide open-enrollment plan this school year. So far, 435 students have transferred out of their home districts, taking $2,755 per pupil in state-tax revenues to their new destinations. More than 2,500 others have applied to cross district lines starting in September. In racially divided Massachusetts, however, a similar proposal has run into strong opposition from minority groups. Magnet schools often fare better. Since 1974, such facilities in East Harlem have lured thousands of students into the district and boosted its rank in reading scores from last to 16th...