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Quincy House: Killian B. Clarke, Kimberly D. Hagan, Bradley A. Hinshelwood, Russell P. Kelley IV, June-Ho Kim, Grace C. Laubacher, Albert S. Li, Benjamin B. Schoefer, Shrenik N. Shah, Nils C. Wernerfelt, Jimmy C. Yang
Within a month, President Dwight Eisenhower named MIT President James Killian his science adviser and told him to put the nation on the scientific equivalent of a war footing. The government stressed math and science in public schools, steered college students toward science degrees, created a National Aeronautics and Space Administration and pointed it generally spaceward. Spaceward is where the country went...
...family did not return to their war-torn country and remained in Florida. They started a modest business, sidestepping federal immigration authorities for almost two decades. The boys, meanwhile, grew up as Americans and excelled at school - especially Juan, who mastered 15 advanced-placement courses at Miami's Killian Senior High School and almost aced the SAT before graduating this past spring. Because the law denies benefits such as in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, the Gomezes could only afford community college for their sons - but both were determined to earn college degrees...
...Marantes say they're still seeking the support of key legislators like Florida Senator Mel Martinez, the Republican National Committee chairman, who has yet to commit to the measure as a stand-alone bill. But maybe that's because he hasn't yet been lobbied by the kids from Killian Senior High...
Others, too, have noted this trope. Perhaps most explicitly, one Kevin Killian, a reviewer on Amazon.com, wrote, "Give the girl a break! People don’t like her dark skin and her air of foreignness, but let’s back off [from] the racism...