Word: homework
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...town in the Midwest where rock-'n'-roll music and dancing are forbidden. The director of Footloose, Herbert Ross, has considerable familiarity with the musical genre (he directed Funny Lady, The Turning Point, Pennies from Heaven), but felt that he needed a little updating. Ross's homework was watching rock videos...
Ralph Engelstad, owner of Las Vegas' Imperial Palace casino, did extensive financial homework before investing $2 million, by having his accountant Ira Bradshaw carefully scrutinize the Sentinel offering. Said Bradshaw: "From every possible angle it seemed a viable investment...
Other questions from the fake test poked fun at the amount of time that Chem 5a students spend on their homework; "Q--how many Chem 5a students does it take to change a light bulb? A,--None, Chem 5 students are too busy doing homework to worry about a little inconvenience like darkness...
Other questions from the fake test poked fun at the amount of time that Chem 5a students spend on their homework: "Q.--How many Chem 5a students does it take to change a light bulb? A.--None, Chem 5 students are too busy doing homework to worry about a little inconvenience like darkness...
...nation's most ardent advocates of reform, California's new Superintendent of Public Instruction William Honig, has conquered the land of Proposition 13. Last November Honig, a former elementary school teacher, beat the incumbent and popular superintendent by hitting again and again on the need for homework, discipline, high standards. California had ranked among the top three states in the nation on school spending per pupil until the mid-1960s. It dropped to 17th place in 1969, and after Proposition 13, to 31st place in 1981-82. And a marked decline in California education performance accompanied the decline...