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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often only highlighted socio-economic differences among high-schoolers, it is becoming clear that many admissions problems--like the awesome need for remediation--couldn't be solved just by today's limited admissions process alone. The problems of deficient preparation must be attacked at a much earlier point, like grade school...
...praise for an imaginative agency in the basement of Stoughton Hall called Room 13. Founded in the early 70's as a drug crisis center, Room 13 currently serves as an all-night sounding board for undergraduates with anything at all on their mind--from excitement about a good grade to suicidal depression...
Because of the widespread concern over AIDS, more victims are seeking medical attention at the first signs of the disease. Often these include low-grade fever, swollen glands and general malaise. Early detection makes it easier to control infections with antibiotics and to treat Kaposi's by surgical excision of lesions, chemotherapy and, more recently, the experimental use of interferon. The discovery that Kaposi's is more likely to strike a certain genetic type has made high-risk individuals easier to identify...
Nathaniel Gove, 19, of Kingston, Mass., was diagnosed as dyslectic in the second grade. He was pushed through a special public school program with a dozen other children who had various physical and emotional handicaps. Unable to spell, for example, he was told to "just skip it." In junior high school, he was assigned to a large special-education class that satisfied the law but virtually ignored Nat's problems. He and his parents were unaware of how little he was learning until a college counselor told his father: "Your son is hopeless." Furious at the summary judgment...
...cutting centers, began buying bushels of stones on credit after the government subsidized interest rates at 6%. At the same time, global inflation was causing investors to dump paper assets like currency and stock, and buy tangible goods, particularly gold, real estate and gems. The cost of an investment-grade D-flawless diamond, which had risen from $1,250 in 1967 to $7,000 in 1976, suddenly soared. By early 1980, the price had reached an unsustainable...