Word: kid
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Administrators face a different morale problem. "I shudder to think .of the discipline cases and the future of home-school cooperation," says one principal. "What are we going to say now when a kid cuts classes?" Students saw some teachers break windows in school buses. Indeed, some parents have told their children that they do not have to obey certain teachers any more. 'They set a bad example," declares MacArthur Junior Suzanne Lewis. "They broke...
Chip, Caron and their parents refused to explain the marital problems or say whether they will divorce. But friends described differences in their personalities and the effects on each of life in the White House as the main reasons for the breakup. Chip, they said, is "just a kid" whose head was turned. Gregarious and the most politically attuned of the Carter offspring, he thrived on the razzle-dazzle of campaigning, particularly the opportunities to meet show-business stars, drink a lot of beer and raise some hell during his off-hours. He even envisioned a political future...
...lineman's bruised leg are the only injuries during the first half. Trailing 19-0, the team clumps into the school cafeteria. Nobody mentions bruises, but the coaches spot trouble and call Verbruggen. "I get tremendous cooperation from the coaches. Sometimes they don't let a kid play even after I think he's fit. I agreed to be team physician on the condition that my word was final in keeping a boy out. But I never expected to have trouble getting a kid...
Bill Bradley, 35, was no flashy superstar as a New York Knicks basketball forward. He was no intellectual whiz kid as a Rhodes scholar. But on the court and in college, the son of a Republican banker in Crystal City, Mo., proved steady, persistent?and successful. His political career in New Jersey has begun the same way. In campaigning as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate, Bradley was not eloquent, inspirational or innovative. But he studied the issues, plugged away with a left-of-center pitch and barely stopped to sleep. Aided by his well-known name and voters' distrust...
THERE'S no question about Billy Joel's musical creativity; the dead-end kid from Long Island has consistently proved that he can compose original songs, and his six albums to date have showcased some of the '70s' best pop tunes. But their appeal, and indeed much of what makes Joel an especially fine recording artist, is his personality which comes through in many of his songs...