Word: learned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world may never learn what really happened to Tawana Brawley, the Wappingers Falls, N.Y., teenager who was found cowering in a plastic bag last Thanksgiving, her body covered with excrement and racial epithets. But last week the New York Times revealed what the grand jury investigating the case has found: Brawley's claim that she was raped and abused by as many as six white men is a "fabrication." In a lengthy article based on summaries of evidence, the newspaper suggested that, after running away from home for four days, Brawley concocted the tale to escape the wrath...
Perhaps UMass and Holy Cross, which field scholarship athletes and practice during the spring, were not fair tests for the Crimson defense. Today's game against Cornell will show how much the Harvard defense has grown and how much it has left to learn...
...purpose is not to gripe, but to request an immediate change. Two hundred-odd students will simply not learn the math that is being taught, and thus their futures in their respective fields will be harmed. Further-more, if one section leader is better than another, the nature of the course is such that this difference in teaching ability will reflect unfairly upon those students who had the pure chance of being in a better section, while the other students will suffer the adverse effects...
WASHINGTON--The State Department, confirming the release yesterday of an Indian hostage to the Syrian government, said "we are anxious to talk to him and learn if he has any information to share with us" about the eight other U.S. citizens held in Lebanon...
...spokeswoman said the channels' chief purpose is "to train people in the use" of public access TV. Users must be Cambridge residents and learn to use the equipment. CCTV will not require further qualifications, she said...