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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just the luck of the draw," Adams House fellowship adviser Gail P. Mazzara said, summarizing the views of other advisers. "There's not anything you can point to," she added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fewer Win U.S. Rhodes Scholarships | 1/6/1982 | See Source »

...psychology may be taken a little too straight out of Erik Erikson, or even Gail Sheehy, and the plot verges on the melodramatic (it takes a boating accident to seal the bargain of friendship between the generations). But emotionally On Golden Pond is no less valid for being something of a cliche. Anyway, the characters are so strong that the piece does not play as a cliché. Hepburn, for example may have a less chewy part than has Fonda, but the briskness of her manner, her well-justified image as a no-nonsense individualist who is nevertheless a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Last. Kate and Hank! Hepburn and Fonda in On Golden Pond | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...Gail Hurst, a teacher for twelve years in San Diego, transferred out of a DISTAR program after three months. Says she: "I didn't like the robot, parroting answers the students had to give. " Yet DlSTAR's striking results led San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Welsh last year to request the program to help upgrade minority schools. Joan Gutkin, Follow Through coordinator at New York's P.S. 1 37, points out that 70% of her second-graders in 1980 scored above the 50th percentile on the California Achievement Test, in contrast to only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pricklies vs. Gooeys | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

Although just two sailors are usually selected every week to participate in the weekend regattas, Harvard's depth this season has enabled them to rotate the skippering duties in the B division among talented competitors like junior Rachel Lampert, sophomore Gail Ablow, junior Katie Jennings, and Stelling--a factor which sets them apart from the other squads. Sebok feels that this depth has also brought a greater level of experience and aggressiveness to the team, which is reflected favorably in races...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Women Sailors Conclude Successful Fall Season | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...Gail Handysides, R.N. Stoneham, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 22, 1981 | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

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