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...nearly everyone knows that Good Will Hunting, last year's block-buster flick starring Harvard drop-out Matt Damon '92, was filmed in and around Cambridge. But how many people know about the scores of other big pictures, including Amistad and Glory, shot in Beantown...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hollywood Comes to the Hub | 9/23/1998 | See Source »

...There's a pretty high drop-out rate from highschool...and college education is definitelyunusual," she said. "Mission Hill is prettyinsular--there's a lot of extended families whostay here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mission Hill Coordinators Find Kids Blessing, Challenge | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Only last Friday, The Boston Globe ran a story describing Dorchester as "the city's worst" high school. Amid poor testing scores and a 50 percent drop-out rate, Dorchester High School's accreditation is at risk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dorcester Students at KSG | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...unparalleled success of Bill Gates, a Harvard drop-out, has always loomed large on the minds of students when re-examining their motivations for staying in school...

Author: By Sarah E. Henrickson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Founder of Trilogy Speaks About His Career | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...County, D'Alessandro's fouryear. "Contract for Success" program resulted in lower drop-out rates as well as increased test scores and parent participation. At the same time, D'Alessandro managed to cut the district budget by about $10 million...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Florida Native Takes Helm of Cambridge School District | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

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