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...department told six juniors with "poor or erratic" records about the tests, but none of them opted to take it, Denault said. "Some of these students felt they needed more preparation and didn't want to flunk, even though they could take it again as seniors," he added...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: History Department Will Allow Juniors to Take General Exams | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

...forward last year in response to his own declaration of a "moral equivalent of war" actually called for the continued regulation of gas prices, whereas the final version is a complex formula for gradual deregulation by 1985. Even its supporters gave it a grade of C minus; opponents flunk it outright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We're Taking Control | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...graduates go on to college. All students must take college boards, apply to at least three colleges, fill out financial-aid forms and write papers on their career goals?besides learning Adams' law: "If you don't internalize discipline in high school, you're going to flunk out of college in the first two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Worth Fighting For | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...irony, says Weidenbaum, is that Government freely violates its own regulations. "Federal installations are among the worst environmental offenders. OSHA offices fail to meet OSHA safety standards. And think of Social Security and the Civil Service Retirement Fund being subjected to the standards of ERISA. They would flunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View: Battling the B.I.G. Bulge | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

Some stellar performers are blowing into Beantown in the near future, so keep your wallet peeled and prepare to flunk that fourth course you took " 'cause it looked interesting...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: We Warrened You | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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