Word: higher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...report from the Office of Research and Evaluation touched off the discussion. The study, prepared by Paul B. Segal, found not only that the number of makeups was increasing but also that students taking makeups received higher grades in the courses, and that make-up requests were especially heavy in courses where the final was heavily weighted...
...balance, the recommendations would make unemployment rates slightly higher than now. Main reason: the commission wants to count as unemployed any discouraged worker who has sought a job within the past six months, vs. four weeks under present policy. That change, says the commission, would raise the jobless rate by two -or three-tenths of a point...
...higher tensions we have now are due to the recent pro-Johnson demonstrations. Most P.G. residents aren't even aware of racial tensions until they read it in the newspaper," says...
Raising the legal drinking age any higher seems pointless and may in fact aggravate the problems which the new legislation is attempting to address. All five neighboring states now have an 18-year-old drinking age, and teenagers would be able to get liquor elsewhere, simply by driving over the border. Drinking would move into back alleys and front seats. In addition, the proposed law would exceed its stated intent of removing alcohol from the school yards by discriminating against the thousands of students attending Massachusetts colleges...
...meal plan endorsed by the assembly would provide savings to students who choose not to eat breakfasts but would not mean higher board fees for students who continue to eat all meals...