Word: graded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Darkness Visible, By William Golding. (Farrar, Straus Giroux, $10.95): Last time you read Golding you were in sixth grade: Teacher handed you Lord of the Flies; you read it, you staggered, and understood why the bully relished slamming the seesaw over your head during recess. You self-pityingly gazed in the mirror, shook your head and whispered "Piggy...
...satellite monitored two bright flashes off the coast of South Africa which government scientists attributed to a low-grade nuclear explosion. After news reports of the event two weeks ago. South Africa denied setting off any nuclear explosion...
Michael Anania's sets are worthy of special notice. He has knitted together stray ends of words and ideas into a tapestry of visual suggestion. Amid the dusty books and knick knacks in George's study sits a small globe--the kind found in grade school classrooms. Implied in this image is the insignificance of the world outside; the world of action and geography has faded into George's own world of private conflicts and uncertain intellectualism...
Instructors in fatigues and mufti are still lecturing on the fine points of treason, gun handling and dandelion cook ery. Off to the side, a group of apple-cheeked, grade-school-age girls in ging ham dresses, children of members of the audience, are sitting on swings, singing chorus after chorus of Jesus Loves...
Although Davis said he has no conclusive proof that four A.P. exams better prepared students for sophomore standing, he noted in the past four years a higher percentage of the students who took four A.P.s with a grade of 4 accepted sophomore standing than those who took three A.P. exams with a grade...