Word: magnetizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...honors track, that is. Bismarck, aptly called Bizzy by friends, was valedictorian at his middle school, and is contending for that honor next June at Science High School, one of Newark's "magnet" schools. He is a star player on the school's math and chemistry teams, and is so computer-savvy that the union pension and benefit fund where his mother works pays him $15 an hour after school to solve technical problems. He may not need the money for college, though. Even before he had thought about applying, he won a $40,000 scholarship to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
...worst fears will certainly be realized if school districts make room for computers by throwing out library books and exchanging print-reference material for stacks of CD-ROMS. This is not an unlikely future, but it is one I would just as soon avoid. BURGESS NEEDLE, Librarian Safford Engineering/Technology Magnet Middle School Tucson, Ariz...
...heard being a veejay makes you into a bit of a babe magnet...
...Latino applicant whose grades and college-board scores were good but not stellar. Following Berkeley's newly redesigned admissions policy, however, the committee looked well beyond the raw numbers. The members learned that although his parents spoke only Spanish, the applicant had single-handedly found his way to a magnet school devoted to science an hour from his home. They took note of the fact that as his English improved, so had his grades. And translating for his parents, as the boy frequently did, had given him an interest in language generally. That had led him to take...
...curious to know what goes on behind the crimson awning. The thing that intrigues me most about the Harvard Club of New York is that, just as with Harvard itself, it's hard for the uninitiated to know how closely the stereotype approximates the reality: Is the club a magnet for those looking to engage in Harvard snobbery--a place where final club meets country club, where the elite of the elite can dine, converse and recreate in a manner commensurate with their social station and intellectual standing? Or is it an island of warmth and nostalgia for Harvard alums...