Word: give
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more win will give them three Super Bowl trophies, one behind the record by the Pittsburgh Steelers and matching the Oakland-Los Angeles Raiders...
...problem with this loophole is that it provided a tremendous incentive for unscrupulous institutions to cheat. High schools were under pressure to give academically deficient athletes a C average so they would be eligible for athletic scholarships. Dishonest colleges could make partial qualifiers eligible by enrolling them in gut courses. So Proposition 48 only hurt the schools that were honest enough not to take advantage...
Greg Gicewicz '89-'90 knew he could not give up football...
...After practice and after games, I said, 'I'm really not ready to give this up yet,'" he says...
...Georgia, Michigan, Utah and Maryland use of the drug is two or three times the national average. Says Andrew Watry, executive director of Georgia's medical board: "It's seen by some as a quick fix for behavior problems." The blame belongs not only to doctors, who sometimes give little more than cursory examinations before reaching for the prescription pad, and teachers, who want their classrooms to be peaceful. It also rests on parents, who often expect their children to be stellar performers. ADHD is most commonly diagnosed in prosperous suburbs, where the pressures to achieve are frequently greatest...