Word: poole
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Duncan says that to teach English, the project this year is taking down 20 students, to be chosen from an estimated pool of four times as many applicants. But Wills says that, if necessary, "we can go up to 40 people...
...recent withdrawal of Rep. Richard Gephardt (D.-Mo.) has left a small pool of uncommitted support which both Jackson and Dukakis seem to be dividing evenly, the experts said...
Both sides agree that these workers, who constitute less than 3 percent of the voting pool, are not being fought over because their votes are likely to change the outcome of the election...
However, Thompson said that Harvard applicants did not show a similar rise in test scores. "I don't think the pool has increased across the top. I think it's just increased across the board," she said...
...paper developed a liberal editorial voice and worked its way onto the short list of the country's best newspapers. Though Mary wrote some of the editorials, she did not always practice enlightened attitudes at home; infuriated after discovering that a black youngster had used the family swimming pool, she had the water drained. Intent on imbuing her children with proper manners and noblesse oblige, she ended up attempting to run their lives. Her husband, meanwhile, remained aloof from the children. As one son put it, "My father loves humanity in general and no one in particular...