Word: grades
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Things pick up with Dinosaur, a short educational film in which a grade-schooler's show-and tell starts leaping off the blackboard and showing its fangs. A few of his order independent shorts are also worthwhile, but it takes the big-bucks of advertising to give the Men and Women of Clay a chance to fly. The program whizzes through the ads to the best thing ever shown on MTV, John Fogerty's "Vanz Kant Danz" video, featuring a snivelling pig in a transformation sequence that is equalled only by the final and best short, "The Great Cognito...
...copious reading of past year's exams, and often stay after class to say a few words about pope to the section leader in order to make sure that he remembers my name. A good grade in a bullshit course like this might look good on my resume, and might possibly convince potential employers that I have what it takes to own a mansion and a yacht...
...grade school you would send the little redhaired girl/boy or that teacher you had a crush on a cheap Valentine or maybe present that special person with a candy Sweetheart that said, "I love you." But now that you're older, the stakes are a little higher and more expensive. If you care to send more than the very best, here are some ideas and prices...
...fall of 1985, an 18-member student committee first launched its campaign to de-emphasize grade competition. When the 190-member B-School faculty approved the change last spring, they added a clause requiring professors to write in-depth evaluations of a student's performance to accompany each category III or IV grade...
...insurance business, Amica Mutual figures far down the list. The Providence-based company, which specializes in property and casualty coverage on such items as homes, autos and boats, earned $13 million last year on revenues of only $400 million. Nonetheless, the 80-year-old Amica has earned a top grade from the monthly Consumer Reports and an A-plus billing from the A.M. Best insurance-company rating service. With a modest crop of 400,000 customers and only 39 branch offices across the country, Amica has consciously avoided increasing its size to match its reputation. Says Amica Vice President Charles...