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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clarence Gamble later wrote in a memo, "There is great danger that we will fail because the Negroes think it a plan for extermination. Hence let's appear to let the coloured...

Author: By Stuart Buck, | Title: Beyond a Heroine's Reputation | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

After just one semester at Glenbard East High School, Huan wanted out of English as a second language classes. She knew they became a way of life for many foreign-born students. Her guidance counselor and teachers warned that she might fail, but the tenacious Huan proved them wrong. Now a senior, she maintains perfect grades in honors classes, competes in debates, is on the math team and serves as vice president of the school choir. "I don't want to sound pompous," she says in her accented but perfect English, "but I just had to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Their Eight Secrets of Success | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

First-year meeting and greeting in Annenberg is getting so passe! Take advantage of an opportunity to meet some new people at today's QRR exam. Already passed it? Hell, do it again! Commiserate with fellow test takers over the agonizing task of calculating standard deviation. And if you fail don't worry; you'll just get another great opportunity to mingle again later. 8 p.m., various places depending on your last name, 5-2770. FREE (upon presentation of picture...

Author: By Sara Reistad-long, | Title: LISTINGS | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...Most people interested in public interest law will still apply to firms to have a fail-safe option," said Walsh, who spent last summer working in the criminal division at the Department of Justice. "But once you have a job that's paying you $1,800 a week versus a job that doesn't pay at all, there's some pressure for you to leave behind public interest...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recruiting Also Runs Rampant at HLS | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...less-than-overwhelming crowds at the Nuzi exhibit are any gauge (visitors are pretty much guaranteed to have the place to themselves), History will not only fail to pass judgment, but History is probably not going to care. What we leave behind, it turns out, are non-biodegradable objects, a few random legal contracts, a few pieces of jewelry and a whole lot of garbage...

Author: By Dara Horm, | Title: The Monica of Mesopotamia | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

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