Word: flunks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George Gallup's annual search for the ten men whom Americans admire most, so it was hardly news when Richard Nixon and Billy Graham placed first and second in the latest round. That Spiro Agnew ran a close third behind Graham was something else; Vice Presidents frequently flunk the ten test entirely, and none has ever reached so high an eminence in the poll's previous 21 heats. Hearing the news while in Asia, the Vice President reacted modestly: "Well, it surprised me, but I've never been a person to become infatuated with poll results...
...college administrator knows that most of his time is taken up with matters that concern only a relative handful of students-the few who have serious disciplinary problems, flunk courses, or are too hung-up to function well. Most rules, especially those that set minimal standards, are only a problem to a small minority, at least in a school which can be quite selective in its admissions policy. If we stopped being paternalistic about students, "making sure" they do not somehow cheat themselves in terms of how much we think they should be profiting form Harvard, the rest...