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Word: high (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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THAT'S the secret, really. Don't write out "TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) 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-blue-book 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 five extra points if you can hack...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...three men, all black, all working class, all chosen for their ignorance of North's celebrated 1987 congressional testimony. Declared juror Earl Williams: "I think there were people higher up who gave him the authority to do a lot of things, and then when he got caught out there high and dry, no one came to help him." Added jury forewoman Denise Anderson: "North was used and abused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Partial Vindication | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

Wechsler co-wrote a 1981 study surveying 7083 New England college students about their drinking habits. The study showed that a high percentage of college students who drink excessively have suffered some of the consequences of alcohol abuse. The study shows that the 242 college males who were classified as "frequent-heavy drinkers" reported, on the whole, drinking more than four drinks or five cans of beer in one sitting...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Alcohol Use Now Leads to Problems Later | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

...quantity of alcohol that an individual consumes can also be a sign that a dangerous drinking pattern is taking shape, Valle says. "You certainly want to consider quantity," she says, because high tolerance is a natural symptom of alcoholism. Valle says, however, that a person who gets "out of control" once or twice is not necessarily an alcoholic...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Alcohol Use Now Leads to Problems Later | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

Mulvehal's high school, La Jolla, was always the best in the San Diego area. In her senior year, she lost to Trinity's (Tex.) Katrina Crawford in the finals of the California Interscholastic Federation championships...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Being a Co-Captain is Only the Beginning | 5/12/1989 | See Source »

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