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...High, in suburban Jefferson County. The bus was pelted with rocks; passing motorists honked horns as a sign of antibusing protest and hurled racial insults. But there was no serious trouble at school, and the Woodses, a black middle-class family with an income of $20,000, felt the ordeal was well worthwhile...
...difficulty pinning down exactly what she looks for in an application. The admissions officers have no hard and fast rules they use to determine who gets into Harvard. The final decisions are made in committees, where staff members spend long hours debating candidates' qualifications. By April 15, the ordeal is over...
...will be plenty of Budweiser and Almaden on hand, but you can't drink and run. Proctors are required to recite selected gems from the Rules Relating to Harvard--it's all very blase. Also--this may be your first encounter with the game of Concentration. In this painful ordeal, students sit around in a circle and tick off their names and perspective areas of study. Maybe you should show up late...
...Answer. The harrowing ordeal for Sam-and the painful suspense for his family-began shortly after he and his father had enjoyed a quiet, late, candlelit dinner at the Yorktown home on Friday night, Aug. 8. Sam stepped into the kitchen to compliment the cook on the meal, then left about 11:30 p.m., driving away in his green 1973 BMW sedan. He told his father that he might visit some friends...
...summer on an even more exclusive island in Newport Beach, Calif., where his wife's family has a New England-style residence. Although he has dropped out of the Big Canyon Country Club, he and his wife occasionally attend private parties. Friends say that Haldeman's ordeal has tapped new strengths and vitality and he is bearing up with Christian Scientist calm. He takes tennis lessons and plucks away at the guitar...