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Betty Simon Canton, Ga...
Hint: he is the only cabinetmaker in the country equipped by a presidential Cabinet. Since returning home to Plains, Ga., Jimmy Carter, famed fly-fisher, softballer and jogger, has been honing his skills at yet another avocation. Using the tools presented to him by his Cabinet members, he has already completed a table for his office. Last week Carter came out of the woodwork to visit Princeton University, where he hammered away at "the lethargy of Congress and the irresponsibility of the American press...
...Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga.. made the connection between marijuana and Salmonella while studying an outbreak of Salmonella in Ohio...
...school officials are bound to comply with their wishes. Often following the lead of high school coaches who have held their own sons back, parents insist that their young footballers need an extra year of "maturity" before entering high school. Douglas Griffin, superintendent of schools in Murray County, Ga., recalls, "Our high school basketball coach held his son back in the eighth grade, and he ended up getting a college scholarship. After that, it kind of snowballed." Adds Griffin, who held his own football-playing son back as well: "If a parent makes the request, we honor it. A scholarship...
Proponents of the practice point to players who went on to successful high school and college careers after repeating a grade. John Bond, the freshman quarterback who led Mississippi State to an upset win over then undefeated Alabama last October, voluntarily repeated the eighth grade at his Valdosta, Ga., school. Says Bond: "I wasn't too hot about the idea at first. All my friends had gone on to high school, and I had new friends. I felt dumb. But I realized that at least I could get some playing time if I stayed back...