Word: grades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffiers) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack...
...until just before the Christmas break that Henry Fassbender, shaper of ninth-grade minds at P.S. 117 in Huntington, Ind., finally found a moment to inspect the Amistad learning kit for himself. It had been sent to the school by overnight mail from DreamWorks, and the whole history department was aflutter. The graphics were compelling, the subject matter gripping, but as Henry sat in the faculty lounge carefully perusing the glossy pages, his heart began to sink. He could see his upcoming vacation unraveling with every page--victim to the unbearable lightness of a Hollywood learning...
...true in grade school, and it's true when you're in the White House: don't hang with the wrong crowd. That's the mistake HILLARY CLINTON made last week when she decided to hold a private meeting with gossip columnist CINDY ADAMS at New York's 132-year-old University Club, where she'd just spoken at a $1,000-a-plate fund raiser. It seems Adams managed to get herself and the First Lady booted from the stuffy club by gabbing on a cellular phone, rustling her bags and getting Hillary to spray Adams' incredibly unpleasant perfume...
Playing games can be fun and even good for you, but it can also ruin your grade point average, increase your chances of repetitive strain injury and make you numb to senseless violence. Set some limits and remember that your parents did not send you here to see how many times you could blast your roommate with a rocket launcher or win Solitaire...
...first participated in a quiz competition in the sixth grade and continued throughout high school and college. He appeared on the nationally-syndicated quiz show in June of this year. Winning four matches, Ulm received...