Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yeah ... I got an A minus in Soc Sci 135, but I don't know ... that was just lucky... I figure that...
...qualification, Ohio State demanded B.A.s acquired with B-minus or better averages from accredited schools, and the Air Force picked only men who passed muster. One professor finds the students "a shade above those I've had on the main campus." The dropout rate at Minuteman U. is 19% a year, compared with a 40% attrition rate among all Ohio State graduate students, even though the men must juggle the time for homework and classes with family demands and additional Air Force requirements such as technical training, military tests, and logging enough flying time to maintain their pilot status...
...character, he produced some impressive documents to support his story: 1) an invoice in the amount of $109,000 sent to McCloskey by Reynolds, 2) a check for $109,000 sent to Reynolds by the McCloskey company, and 3) a bill for only $64,000, the performance-bond premium minus Reynolds' regular $10,000 commission, sent to Reynolds by the insurance company for which he was agent...
...with Portugal, which has never forgiven India for seizing its old colony of Goa in 1961. In honor of the Bom bay congress, Goa is exposing for 44 days of veneration its most famous relic, the mummified body of the 16th century Jesuit Missionary St. Francis Xavier-minus one toe that was bitten off by an overzealous worshiper in 1859 and part of one arm, which was shipped to Rome for veneration in 1615. So outraged was the government of Portugal by news of the papal visit that it forbade the country's newspapers and magazines to mention...
...Penn State: the season's biggest football upset, roaring over, under, around and through second-ranked Ohio State 27-0. Only 3-4 on the season. Coach Rip Engle's Nittany Lions suddenly found their claws, held Ohio State to minus 14 yds. in the first half and five first downs all afternoon, while administering the Buckeyes' first goose egg in 45 games. Unbeaten Notre Dame hung on to its No. 1 ranking by standing off a second-half drive by inspired Pitt to win 17-15. Other scores: Michigan State 21 Purdue 7 Maryland 27 Navy...