Word: gone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often, says Harvard's Riesman, public schools cater to teen-agers desire "to be entertained." Consequently, homework and requirements have gone down, grades have gone up. Watered-down curriculums fail to challenge. "The only places in schools today where people are really encouraged to perform up to capacity are in sports and the band," says Riesman, adding that elitism is almost as dirty a word as sexism or racism " Back-to-basics proponents advocate tightening up the curriculum with more requirements and forcing all students to show minimal competency" in essential skills before graduating. So far, 26 states have passed...
Potysman has gone up against the big guys before,.most notably 6 ft., 3 in. Jeff Nardherney of Dartmouth. "He's the toughest that I've faced so far this season," Potysman said. But he added that he "feels more confident with every game...
...chief's criminality and also protected national security secrets from disclosure in an open federal courtroom. This rationale neglects some of the larger questions attending the Helms case that clearly justified a fullfledged indictment and trial of the one-time Nixon enforcer. An unprecedented trial of Helms would have gone a long way towards completely fleshing out the fragmented story of CIA intervention in Chile during the administration of Salvador Allende. And the prospect of seeing Helms squirming under the rigors of cross-examination would have dramatized the issue of the executive branch's accountability to Congress as no criminal...
...Celtics are indeed wondering now, having gone down to defeat so often in the season's first month...
...conservative tactics only failed once in the opening period and ironically the cluster of defenders in the penalty area undid the team in that instance. With 6:04 gone, Harvard tallied when sophomore center-half Kathy Batter placed a soft shot into the left corner of the goal as B.U. goaltender Kristy Tyre watched helplessly, screened off by her own teammates...