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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Water crackers--staples of the 'gourmet' section of even Star Market, but there is also Fleur de Sel sea salt from Brittany (billed as "the caviar of salt"), licorice candies from Genoa, jams and jellies from all over Europe, many varieties of olives imported from the Mediterranean region...the list, of course, goes...
...Crimson isn't going to win every game, and the season is a long and hard one. Guys will get hurt, players will yell at each other, shots won't find the net... the list goes on and on. What happens then...
Meanwhile, there are about 9,800 people on the Housing Authority waiting list, according to Rubenstein...
...extra funds from Missouri's A-Plus program, whose top goal is to reduce the dropout rate. Webster's rate has declined from 3.9% to 1.3% over the past five years, but needs to stay down to keep the state funds flowing. So the school has compiled a list of 150 students considered highly "at risk" of quitting, and is targeting them for extra attention. Everyone agrees that this effort is admirable--and necessary, given the school's $1.2 million budget deficit. But there is no discussion here of teachers' private complaints: that one result of the focus on keeping...
...Hassler says many black students' grades suffer because of family problems or responsibilities at home that distract from studies. To make her point, she brandishes a ranking of last year's 267 seniors; of the 34 who graduated with a 4.0 or better GPA, none was black. Searching the list for the highest-ranking black student, she runs her finger down the second page to No. 59, Tanya Hoard, who graduated with a 3.67 average. Hassler, who is black, wishes there were more like Hoard and thinks both black and white teachers at Webster must work harder to address...