Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Calhoun, Ga. (pop. 5,000), 65 miles to the southwest, where one of his sixth-grade classmates was LaBelle David, granddaughter of the president of the Calhoun First National Bank. LaBelle and Bert were married when they were both 19. In 1951, just before graduation, Bert had to drop out of the University of Georgia to find a job. The first of his four sons was on his way. Lance never did get a degree; he never needed...
With Joe Goodreault and Craig Beling, the probable starters, with Joe Jason and Rank Russo, who could also start with nary a drop in talent, filling the holes at the linebacker positions, Harvard has little worry there...
...catch is that the rest of the world has enjoyed two good harvests in a row. Normally, the U.S. exports some 35% of its grain. Now, however, grain and soybean shipments abroad (an anticipated 89 million metric tons in 1977) are expected to drop by 10% to 15% next year. Says Don Howe, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers: "Even if there was a total crop failure in America, we could still feed the entire country and maintain our commitments abroad for at least a year...
...problem now is student discipline-a staggering 14,611 suspensions last year, more than half of them from among the 23% black portion of enrollment-and so-called white flight, or white-family migration to the suburbs to escape integration. The exodus has caused school enrollment to drop from 129,000 in the summer of 1975 to an estimated 113,913 this fall...
...noisy debate over Soap has largely been fueled by religious groups, whose strenuous letter-writing campaigns have now driven 15 ABC affiliates (out of 195) and some sponsors to drop the series. Soap's detractors seem to feel the show will sully the innocent minds of children in the TV audience, but a young TV viewer's mind really does not stay unclouded for long. Any child who regularly watches leering sitcoms like Three's Company, action series like Charlie's Angels or even daytime soap operas has already been exposed to more sex than...