Word: excellence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's other proposal for higher education is for what he calls "national science scholars." The program would cost $5 million next year, and award up to $10,000 for college tuition to students who excel in math and science in high school...
...Funds for the founding of "magnet schools," which would excel in a particular subject, and would attract students from that area. Price: $100 million...
...last week Global Motors, importer of the Yugoslav-made car, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The car's initial allure was its low base price, which started at $3,990 in 1985 and is now $4,349. But the car ran into competition from South Korea's Hyundai Excel, which began selling...
...moved to Boston, while the other stayed in the sun in California. One would excel in squash, the other one in basketball and baseball...
Growing up in Waterville, Me., George Mitchell was best known as "the brother of Johnny, Paul and Robbie Mitchell." Overshadowed by his basketball- star siblings, George decided to excel in other ways. Last week he attained a pinnacle of sorts when he was chosen majority leader of the U.S. Senate over two colleagues with more seniority, Hawaii's Daniel Inouye and Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston. In that role, Mitchell will be the Democrats' most visible counterpoint to another fellow with Maine connections: George Bush, of Kennebunkport...