Word: exam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other business, the council voted for a proposal to condense exam periods by two days, increasing the length of intersession...
...some council members said they thought students polled might not have realized that a condensed exam period meant that exams would be more closely packed...
...after the story surfaced, Smith virtually disappeared, failing to show up for the second half of his medical-board exam on Wednesday. However, he did issue a statement through a family holding company, declaring, "Any suggestion that I was involved in any offense is erroneous." When the Senator was stopped by reporters outside a hearing in Boston on Wednesday, he said he was "obviously distressed" but to comment further would "not be appropriate." Patrick Kennedy claimed he did not learn of the woman's accusation until he read about it in the Florida papers as he was flying home Monday...
Cary did her best, alternately conforming to and rebelling against the century-old traditions of the school. She was elected vice president of her senior class and excelled in English. But Cary also tried marijuana for the first time the night before an exam. And she actively avoided blending into the "alien" white culture--Cary "took the offensive and bore my gifts proudly" in conversations about race...
Jackson's injury occurred during the A.F.C. semifinal play-off game between Los Angeles and Cincinnati when he twisted his leg trying to escape the tackle of a linebacker. After he was helped from the field, the injury was diagnosed as a left-hip fracture-dislocation. When another exam two weeks ago showed that Jackson's hip cartilage had deteriorated further, the Royals' team doctor pronounced the prognosis for Jackson's return "uncertain...