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Word: junior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Junior high was a pain in the ass. They had me doing solid geometry, or algebra, and third-year Latin was not pleasurable. See, I had no father. My father died when I was young so I had no iron discipline as a teenager, and when I became a teenager, my mother became a pushover...

Author: By David A. Demilo and Susan C. Faludi, S | Title: George Carlin's Coming of Age | 7/25/1978 | See Source »

Many students use summer programs to make career decisions. An eleven-week course offered by New York's Union College in Britain, Sweden and Poland gives 25 students a look at socialized medicine. "I want to see where U.S. medicine might be heading," says Junior Nathan Keever. Michigan State Junior Beth Anthony is spending four weeks studying the BBC and mass media in Britain under a program sponsored by her school. "Like everyone else, I am looking for a good job when I graduate," Anthony admits. "I thought this program would give me a plus on my resume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Summer's Scholars | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

That was too much for Desai. He called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet and threatened to resign unless given a free hand. In the end, he was authorized to write letters to Narain and Singh, asking for their resignations. Both complied, followed by four junior ministers who quit in support of the two dissidents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Janata's Bad Smell | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...plans, and he serves as a willing catalyst. Without the help of EXCEL, a teacher at all-black Marshall High School started an interschool academic Olympics on a small basis a year ago. This spring, 20,000 students from eight high schools competed. In Detroit, ten students at Pelham Junior High, once considered a problem school, went to Louisville to win a national math olympiad. Among the reasons for their victory: individualized student instruction and parental supervision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Learning to Excel in School | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...three-year football starter, McDermott won the Golden Helmet Award as New England's top college player in 1975, his junior year. During that season, McDermott caught three touchdown passes to lead Harvard over Dartmouth, and also caught a fourthdown pass against Yale to set up the field goal that gave Harvard the Ivy League championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McDermott, Former Grid Star, Dies in Fire at Brighton Home | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

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