Word: honored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan chose to honor four young teenagers in his address--a group that, despite their merits, seemed like a random Boy and Girl Scout honor list. There is another group of teenagers, much larger, and, as long as we're calling attention to what needs to be noticed, much more deserving. These are the one million teenagers who each year become mothers...
...aftermath of the space shuttle catastrophe precious little has been said in support of public education. Instead, in honor of the seven dead American heroes who were aboard Challenger, President Reagan has promised that America will continue to "reach for the stars" and recently submitted a budget that provides for more dollars for NASA research and development...
...frontcourt men, Phillips and Mohler, are leading the squad with 10 perfect free throw shooting nights (defined as games in which the player takes at least one free throw and doesn't miss any). Mohler (twice) and Dodson share the honor for the most prolific perfect night of the season with 6-for-6 performances...
...Kona coast of Hawaii island. As a boy, he worked in the island's rich coffee fields, but his mind was on the stars, which he liked to examine through a telescope at Honolulu's Bishop Museum. The oldest of four children, Onizuka was a star athlete, an honor student and an Eagle Scout. He studied aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees. He then spent eight years as a test pilot and flight engineer with the Air Force. Onizuka taught courses at the elite Air Force test pilot school at Edwards...
...child in Akron, where her father was an optometrist, she practiced the piano religiously for an hour every day, even though she often hated it. As a student at Akron's Firestone High School, she was a member of the honor society, the French club, the chemistry club and the math club (the only girl among 15 boys), and had perfect scores of 800 on her Scholastic Aptitude Tests. "I can still see this little, short brunet in bobby socks and saddle shoes, quiet as a mouse," said Donald Nutter, a math teacher. "If you had a question...