Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fifties too. It's no coincidence. Boogie is big athletics. There can be no argument that the scene is the highest degree of athletics. It is a skill, and a highly-refined one. There is more that goes into good Boogie than goes into a wishbone option. And as anyone that has lived through an all-night oldies trip can attest, it's physicality in its purest form. A night at Charley's Place or any such beer-room dive supplying The Golden Sound, will show that it's more workout than a two-hour trip...
...EEOC has been investigating Joost's allegations over the last three weeks but no date has been set for the results of the inquiry. If the results are in Joost's favor. Tufts will have the option of rehiring her or submitting the case to a Federal arbitrator...
Samuel Tyler, director of the Massachusetts Council on Crime and Correction called the bill "important," and said. It gives a judge the option to recognize an addict's crime as a symptom of an illness...
...LAST ADMINISTRATION defused the potential force of this argument somewhat by instituting a limited pass-fail option. But the University has not given in to the weak pressure for more drastic reform, and that is all to the good. One of the most important differences, between self-education and schooling is that the school provides discipline in the formative years which gradually leads to self-discipline. If the student at college has the interest and the self-discipline to keep up with his work, external discipline plays no part in motivating him: but if he has not yet managed...
SOME ARGUE, HOWEVER, that the pass-fail option permits them to take courses outsider their fields. Students are not prevented from taking these courses by say rule, of course, but their argument is that without pass-fail they would not elect them for fear of getting bad grades. One must question the student's commitment to study a new subject, however, if the mere necessity of working for a grade discourages him. Moreover, it is hard to see what real benefit can come to him from taking a course pass-fail if he has not the interest to take...