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Word: grades (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nothing could be more indicative of the childish apathy of college students in the 1970s than the dumb sixth-grade graffiti which has recently appeared in South House and is now spreading all over the university. In the South House elevator some childish person recently drew a Valentine heart with an arrow through it containing the names "Bert and Margie." (I have, of course, changed the names.) A few days later, regressing to kindergarten, someone had written "Bert and Margie sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Yesterday I discovered "Bert loves Margie" written in every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Writing on Walls | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

...started pole vaulting in seventh grade because that year I ran the 75-yd. dash and lost every time, so I figured I'd better find a different event," the Palos Verdes native said...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Geoff Stiles: Pole Vaulter With Style | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...also voted to recommend that grades from foreign universities not be counted towards a student's grade-point average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ERG Proposes Foreign Study | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...minor poverty program post. But when he made her part of his cabinet as commissioner of consumer sales in 1968, she found a natural niche. Even in a city noted for its corruption, she was outraged by evidence of wrongdoing. She scolded butchers who peddled poor meat as high-grade cuts and auto repairmen who faked car ailments. But sometimes she went too far. In 1976, when she complained about the "disheveled appearance" of the city's cabbies and ordered them to wear uniforms, they just laughed. She quietly rescinded the order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Give 'Em Hell, Janey! | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Eastern Shore Education Fund will permit eighth through 11th grade students from Maryland's Eastern Shore region to attend summer sessions at a prep school or to enroll in fine arts programs at various institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Proctor Creates Fund | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

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