Word: graded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earth. The deep translucent purple stone, known to mineralogists as sugilite, was officially classified as a rare gem in October 1980, and prices for the stone quickly climbed to as much as $1,000 a carat, compared with $3,000 to $5,000 a carat for the finest grade commercial diamonds...
...revolutionized it. He has designed a chair that runs on belts like a tank, rather than the usual bicycle wheels. In contrast to wheels, which can be stopped by an obstruction like a garden hose, Stephenson's traction belts can negotiate a step, a curb or a grade. The design is still on the drawing boards...
Ronald Reagan has again faced a world crisis with a B-grade script. His speech regarding the situation in Poland was simply empty phrases for empty stomachs. I sincerely doubt that a single Pole will benefit from our sanctions or the burning of candles in the windows of America. Craig Schreiner Woodstock...
However, Sidney Verba '53, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education and CUE chairman, postponed action on another motion that would require the registrar to drop a magna or cum laude candidate's two lowest half-course grades when calculating grade point averages. The "drop" rule would not apply to summa candidates...
California is not the only state system toughening up its entrance requirements. Next fall Florida State University will demand that freshmen graduate from high school with a 2.5 grade-point average (as compared with 2.0 now) and score a total of 950 (compared with 800) on the combined math and English Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Ohio State University, which since 1902 has guaranteed entrance to any Ohio high school graduate, will now accept unconditionally only students who have completed a college-preparatory curriculum that includes four years of English and three of math, science and social studies, plus a foreign language...