Word: helps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson held on for a hard fought 2-1 victory and is now is position for a strong finish that could help them leapfrog into the top two or three in the Ivy League standings...
...time to use Harvard's status and prestige, its brainpower as well as its endowment to help create institutions of systemic justice," he said...
Through 13 public interest law centers in 12 states that address "causes of problems instead of symptoms," the Appleseed Foundation hopes to help bring back the pursuit of justice to public interest work...
Well, that's the way it is now. If you want to get a sense of the future, take a look at Achieva College Prep Centers, an education company. Give Achieva your child beginning in freshman year of high school, and the staff will help your teen pick classes, clubs, community-service projects and summer jobs, all with an eye toward creating a snazzy profile to present to college admissions directors. Achieva will tutor when your youngster falls behind and do the test prep to pull your kid ahead. The twentysomething counselors, who resemble the well-scrubbed models from...
...that pales beside Achieva's birddogging of the senior-year college-application process. Advisers first help a student select 20 to 25 colleges, prodding the student along until he or she pares down the list to the eight or so to be considered seriously. Other kids may informally ask teachers for recommendations. Not with Achieva. Counselors help kids choose whom to ask for recommendations and then edit the cover letters and resumes that students are told to give to the chosen instructors. There's even strategizing on the art of asking. "Make sure you ask for a strong letter...