Word: high
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Factors such as high school background, scholastic rank, financial resources, concentration, athletics and social club membership all played a role in applying. Students also had to state the amount they would pay for a room, which, in that day, cost between $110 and $500 per student...
Qualities such as student personality and secondary school background weighed heavily in the system. Students whose characters ranged from "outstanding" to "innocuous" to "possible problem" were blended into the houses. Meanwhile, each of four categories of high schools--"traditional preparatory," Exeter and Andover, "other" private schools and public high schools--had to be represented in each house...
...always telling people funny stories, and I wanted to see if I could do it up on stage," Rhein said. Rhein, whose performing experience had been limited to a high school talent show, was booked after applying to perform at the club in December...
...weather forecast--clear skies and mild temperatures--was favorable for launch. Only the possibility of strong high-altitude winds gave any concern, and NASA officials said wind conditions at midnight were acceptable...
...hours after liftoff, Springer and Bagian were to deploy the 24-ton Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. It will then be carried by its own rocket to a 22,300-mile-high orbit to join two older satellites and complete an orbiting network essential for communicating with future space shuttles and with science and military satellites...