Word: helm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three years at the helm of the 70% black school system, Roussell alienated whites by, among other things, revising the "tracking" system that had long channeled black students into lower-level courses. After the board's six white members voted to get rid of Roussell last December, five black board members quit in protest. Last week's boycott ended after five days, when Roussell appealed to the students to return to class. But biracial talks to determine his future broke down with no resolution of the impasse...
Sharp had undergone several interviews during the committee's search to replace Gray, who is leaving after 10 years at the university's helm, a spokesperson said...
...knew we were basically embarrassed and the only thing we could do is take the next 20 minutes as a new game," said Cormier, who had never witnessed such a drought in his six years at the helm of the Dartmouth program...
...members--their presence now legal in South Africa--are expected to return to the country as early as July, in order to participate in negotiations with the government in Pretoria. And many expect the group, with Mandela back at the helm, to take the lead in voicing the Blacks' concerns...
...with all-everything quarterback Joe Montana at the helm, the Niners seemed nearly unbeatable in this year's playoffs. In the post-game press conference, the accolade-laced Montana grinned and said that he could still see himself playing...