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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thousands of students were gathered in the park, listening to rock bands and chomping on fried dough. At first I was hesitant to join them, thinking that I would be out of place in this type of environment. They looked like the poster children for body-piercing parlors, and I looked like I had just stepped out of a J. Crew catalogue...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Getting Up and Out of the Square | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Friday the women's cross country team enjoyed near perfect racing weather for the New England Women's Championship, held on their home course at Franklin Park...

Author: By Haley Steele, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. C. Country Finishes Sixth at New Englands | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

Good students tend to have what teachers call a broad "fund of knowledge." They've been taken places; they've seen a bit of the world. If the family resources are slim, it might only be to the city park, a train yard or the kitchen of a restaurant. But the experience has been brought to life for them. "I find the students I love will often say to me, 'My mom took me here' or 'My dad and I did this.' You know these parents are in their lives," says Carol Klavins, who's been teaching middle-school science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Their Eight Secrets of Success | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...effort to encourage girls to examine varied careers. In Lincoln, Neb., teacher Jane Edwards partners with a local architectural firm to challenge high school girls to use technology, math and science to solve design problems. In Aurora, Colo., middle school teacher Pam Schmidt has created Eocene Park, a paleontology field school that encourages girls to explore this traditionally male-dominated science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Beyond The Gender Myths | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.--Buffalo Bills star defensive end Bruce Smith has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for a hit on Peyton Manning in last Sunday's game at Indianapolis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith Fined For Hit on Manning | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

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