Word: exam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...famous of all false messiahs, Shabbetai Zvi, was succeded by the Star Kist Seafood Company. S.K. was the only way that students who keep kosher could eat lunch in their own houses. As long as the Mealtime Messiah kept the certified kosher label away from Italian Day, late-night exam snacks, and special fancy breakfasts, the kosher crowd kept supporting the solid white tuna manufactures, purveyors of the only HDS entree truly in line with the strictest Jewish dietary laws...
...until she arrived in Kobe, Japan, in 1985 to compete at the World University Games. Like all female athletes participating in international tournaments, she had to take a genetic sex-determination test, aimed at preventing men in drag from unfairly competing against women. Though Patino had passed such an exam in the past, she had forgotten to bring along proof. This time, to her amazement, she failed. The first test had evidently been botched. Patino, though clearly a female anatomically, is, at a genetic level, just as clearly a man. She was disqualified...
...Many minority members took the exam and did not score high enough," Johnson said. "But this is a very good group. They came through the program with flying colors...
...doctor had to study the afflicted area first to decide whether they were truly needed. For example, a friend of mine, an ( inquiring journalist of average proportions, called a New York City-area plastic surgeon to ask about implants and was told to come in for an exam. One quick, searching look and he told her yes, she needed them, badly...
Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Haggerty is worried about his team's general condition. Because of new NCAA legislation, the squads were forced to stop practice a week before Christmas, and practices were again put on hold during exam period...