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Word: grades (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about two weeks before they decided I was too rough and moved me up to the Pony League. When I was supposed to be in the Pony League, I was playing in a men's semipro league. I never played with friends my own age." In the ninth grade, he took up football just to be a ninth-grader. "Baseball was more of a game," he thought from the first, "football more of a device, a challenge too, but mostly a responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bo's Going to Follow His Dream | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

Many Harvard students come here planning to try a host of extracurriculars and maintain a grade point average that will win them spots in Harvard Med or jobs with Morgan Stanley in four years. Many Harvard students change those plans...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life and how to live it | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...good ol' boys sitting on a front porch musing about the number of floor votes missed by Incumbent Democrat Alan Cranston. "Three hundred forty-seven of them," the ad tells us. Says one codger: "If a 16-year-old did that, he'd still be in the third grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having the Last Laugh | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...yourself in on the fun? Well, freestyle-ready bikes like the Rad Dogs' will set you back $500 to $750 apiece. You can take lessons from a pro for $100 a day and try to make the grade in a club. And then, once your arm is out of the cast, you will never forget freestyling. It is just like riding a bicycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Move Over, Break Dancing | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...Dallas project calls for 54 sixth-grade classes in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods to be adopted by local businesses, individuals or community groups. For each class, the sponsor will contribute a total of about $25,000 over six years. After graduation, the STEP (Strategies to Elevate People) Foundation, which runs the program, expects to pay an average of $250 each semester toward each student's college tuition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Spreading the Wings of an Idea | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

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