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Word: grades (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like this. All these professors and all these kids, I think almost everybody's trying to get a grade," said Debarros...

Author: By Salil Kumar, | Title: Food, Conversation Lure Many To Freshman-Faculty Dinner | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

When is a failing grade not a failing grade? Maybe when the Department of Education is handing out the marks. In another statement last week, Secretary Bennett announced that six Southern and Border States had yet to comply fully with a 17-year-old court order to desegregate public colleges. However, instead of expressing concern, Bennett praised the states for having made "substantial progress." Moreover, the Secretary gave passing grades to four other states, even though they have not fully met goals or timetables set by his department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: An F With Honors | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...grade school, Lind chose to drop hockey and play ringette, a derivative of hockey predominatly played by school-age Canadian girls...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Ringette to Hockey in Ten Easy Steps | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

Coming to Harvard meant having to pack a regular hockey stick and a puck in her luggage for the first time since fourth grade...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Ringette to Hockey in Ten Easy Steps | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

Unlike the Marshall scholarship, neither the Fiske nor the Harvard scholarship require applicants to have minimum grade point averages. The possession of "ambassadorial qualities" is important, as are the quality of the student's three-page essay and letters of recommendation, said selection committee member Robert N. Shapiro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Seniors Win Fiske, Harvard Scholarships | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

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