Word: peers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...obstacle Ho encounters is the attitudes many of the teens have about schoolwork. "It's not considered cool to try and do well in school," he says. The negative peer pressure. Ho adds, can partly be blamed on the prevalence of street gangs in Chinatown New York Chinatown gangs send people to Boston every once in a while to organize" he says. "The environment's not too good for studying...
...thought we should bring them [the committee] up to date on where we stood--that by statistics and peer review, Dr. Winig does not do too many Cesareans," Wacker said yesterday. "As far as I'm concerned, the substantive issues are settled," he added...
...effects are often long-range, Victims feel their trust in academic relationships is destroyed; they often suffer from writer's block and other academic troubles which impair their course work. Since the harassment in based on sexual identity, victims also suffer in their peer relationships. Changing sections when possible may alleviate the immediate problems, but it does not address the true issue...
...more I dealt with other Arab leaders, the more disparity I discovered between their private assurances and their public comments. They would privately put forward ideas for peace and encourage us in any reasonable approach. However, the peer pressure among them was tremendous. None?apart from Sadat?was willing to get out in front and publicly admit a willingness to deal with Israel...
...however, decided to change course after last week's setback. Blustering about his "deep, burning anger," he vowed to use his influence to crush those who opposed his empty amendment. Many Democratic congressional candidates, as well as the 20 Republicans who stood up for reason under intense peer pressure, will have difficulty explaining to impatient constituents why they opposed a measure encouraging a balanced national ledger...