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...poor enough to qualify for the free-lunch program. This year so far, the parents or guardians of 60 to 70 kids have joined the PTA. "Some of the children arrive at school not knowing their full name; they just know their nickname," says principal Ruby Greer, who has managed to improve test scores and attendance. "They don't know how to hold a pencil or a book. And it seems like you never catch...
...DIED. GREER GARSON, 92; Oscar-winning actress; in Dallas. Once described by Time as "a goddess sculptured in butterscotch," Garson specialized in playing noble, tender, poised women--"walking cathedrals," she called them--like Mrs. Chips in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and the title role in Mrs. Miniver, for which she won her Oscar. Born in Ireland, she graduated with honors from the University of London and became an actress against the wishes of her family. She was discovered in a play by MGM boss Louis B. Mayer and became that studio's premier star. Garson's third marriage, to Texas...
...Greer Gillman, an expert witness who worked for the preservation of books at Widener during the period of the slashings, said she has spent hundreds of hours identifying Harvard's decimated volumes...
...doubt it. There are scenes that are just too nuance filled to be rendered in such perfect-pitch fashion by even the best campaign reporters. A prime example is a minor strategy debate between the characters who represent Al From, the head of the Democratic Leadership Council, and Frank Greer, Clinton's first media adviser. I have known Greer for 20 years, and I can testify that Primary Colors captures his Southern good ole boy diction with preternatural precision. Who but a campaign staff member could have known that Greer's influence began to wane the second Clinton...
...HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT all this Oregon rain makes our brains rust. Packwood and Tonya Harding can't be a coincidence. DIZ GREER Corvallis, Oregon...