Word: lynda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...counseling program; assisting the vets in finding jobs; requiring the VA to determine if the vets will get help for problems related to the herbicide Agent Orange; and extending the time that they can use the G.I. Bill, now limited to ten years from discharge. Sums up Lynda Van Devanter, 33, a surgical nurse who served in Viet Nam in 1972: "Viet Nam was hell, and anyone who has been through hell needs some help...
Scott ruled that the girls-Lynda McNeal, Michelle LaBorde and Ramona Carbo-could get public school credit for the past semester only if they finish the year at Jones Street. When Lee asked that they be allowed to stay longer at Buckeye, Scott replied: "I don't think you can ask any more from this court, and it won't give any more." For most of the 100 spectators packed into the court and the 300 demonstrators outside, this Louisiana compromise was not much to cheer about...
Last week as they returned from Christmas vacation, the three found themselves caught up in a blizzard of nationwide publicity. No longer were they merely Ramona Carbo, 12, Lynda McNeal, 13, and Michelle LaBorde, 13. Suddenly they were the Buckeye Three...
This desire to get away often manifests itself in people making plans for the weekend as early as Monday night. "By Wednesday just about everyone knows what they'll be doing over the weekend," junior Lynda Davis says. "That's why we always look so nice when we come in for parties--it's something we've been planning for and looking forward to all week. It's also our one chance to meet and impress guys; Harvard girls can not only see men every day, but they can also hear about a party, throw on a pair of jeans...
...gradual expansion of opportunities available to women in both undergraduate education and business has helped bridge the gap. James Foley, associate director of MBA admissions, says that the women now applying "come with backgrounds including work experience very like their male counterparts, which was not true in 1970." Lynda A. Schubert, assistant professor of Marketing, expresses similar confidence in the qualifications of the B-school's female student body: "The profile of women is now more accurately mirroring the profile of the Harvard Business School population. But despite substantial improvement in women's qualifications, women continue to apply in fewer...