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Evan's love of athletic competition and his high-school experiences did not prepare him for Harvard's political scene. Elected to the council as a freshperson, Evan became heavily involved with it. He ran important committees and jockeyed for the most important offices...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: All Politics Is Personal | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

While Ackermann was mayor in 1972, a 16-year-old high-school dropout named Larry Largey was found dead in a police cell. A police autopsy claimed he died of a drug overdose. City activists claimed he was beaten to death by the police...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Learning a City From the Top Down | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...first few lines of the Currier House Drama Society's production of The Importance of Being Earnest are truly horrifying. As Lane (Todd Brun) and Algernon (John Goldstone) begin to converse in what are meant to be highly mannered British accents, insidious comparisons immediately flood the viewer's mind--specifically, endless repetitions of Monty Python, or, perhaps, that particularly ill-starred high-school rendition of My Fair Lady...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: In Wild Earnest | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

That droves of high-school students shell out $600 for this instruction indicates the extent of SAT-mania. Although some colleges, such as Harvard, weigh the SAT only moderately in the admissions process, high-school students and their families see the SAT as the golden key to college...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Can't Get No SATisfaction | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

Bruno has taught high-school English, worked as a high school principal, and served as superintendent of schools in both Wellesley and Ithaca...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: McGrath Favored for Superintendent? | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

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