Word: lastly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Smith said ridership rose 15 per cent compared to July 1978 during the gasoline crisis this July, but by September decreased service to cut costs led to a decrease in ridership from last year...
...Last year the Chinese government instituted nationwide standardized tests for all prospective college students for the first time since the Cultural Revolution in 1966. On July 20 nearly six million students took the test to compete for only 300,000 places in Chinese colleges and universities. The test covered eight subjects--politics, history, geography, physics, mathematics, chemistry, Chinese language and a foreign language. All students were required to take the tests in politics, Chinese and math, and they had to choose two or three of the remaining subjects...
...Lost of cheating was still going on," says Patty Wen '80, who spent seven months at Peking University (P.U.) last year as a foreign student. "There was one case publicized in the People's Daily about a girl at P.U. Her father was an upper-level cadre who arranged for her to have special conditions to take the test in--she had a tutor there with her while taking it. She eventually admitted it and was sent back home...
...Last year's standout, Paul Widerman, is aiming toward another strong year. Light for the 118-lb, class, the sophomore went down to 114 for last year's National AAU meet and came away with a fourth-place finish and gained valuable experience along...
...After last season, when an amazing string of injuries leveled one wrestler after another, week in and week out from November until February, wrestling coach Johnny Lee knew better than to count his chickens before they hatched. This year, however, it seemed Lady Luck had moved to his side. Unfortunately even luck could not prevent co-captain Tony Cimmarrusti from seriously injuring his knce in the Yale Game...