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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...children interviewed for Steinberg's study came from diverse socio-economic and racial backgrounds, but experienced similar feelings of peer pressure which discouraged them from their studies...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: Author Says Money Won't Fix Education System | 3/4/1997 | See Source »

...must transform reform efforts from widening opportunities to increasing parental and peer involvement," Steinberg said...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: Author Says Money Won't Fix Education System | 3/4/1997 | See Source »

...varying pronunciations of Obi-Wan Kenobi and the planet Alderaan. The invocation to "trust your feelings" seems a woozy echo of the '67 Summer of Love, not the '77 summer of Wars, but Alec Guinness carries himself with the majesty of a Jedi knight and an acting peer. The climactic dogfight, copied in a quillion arcade games, has thrust and logic; it's the clearest, most potent narrative section of the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: OUR CRITIC RIDES A TIME MACHINE | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

Climbing the soon-to-be-carpeted fire-escape staircases to the third floor, the dark rooms are illuminated by "home-plate" shaped windows which peer towards the ivory towers of Dunster and Lowell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Humanities Center TAKES SHAPE | 12/13/1996 | See Source »

...think parental control is perhaps not the deciding factor for teenagers. They are so much more influenced by their peer group. I do not present myself as a person who has been able to stop all my children from getting into trouble with drugs. I tried very hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT I WOULD SAY... | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

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