Word: poore
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...skirts, designer blouses, ornate jewelry and spike heels with colored hosiery. She says she has a flair for fashion. Countryman told her she looked like a "bimbo." In September, after Taylor complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she was fired. Though told that the dismissal reflected her poor job performance, she insists it was discrimination: "This is something that should not happen to anybody in this...
...despair abound. When Chicago's Kathy Daniels asked her students to write an essay about something that made them angry, one boy described the time his brother was gunned down and died on the front steps of his house. Soon afterward, the boy himself was fatally shot. In poor rural areas, the deprivation can be even more elemental. "I've got kids that have never held a pencil before," says a Mississippi kindergarten teacher. "And last year I had one that had never held silverware." Trying to convey the majesty of Shakespeare or even basic | addition and subtraction to such...
Defensive Line: Last week, Don Peterson moved within one sack of tying Kevin Dulsky's record of 10. Forget Harvard's poor record. Peterson is still hustling. Senior Jim Bell, with 27 tackles, is the other dominant force on the line...
...cheerleaders said they do not believe Taylor, who is 19 years old, is qualified for the job. The squad also felt it was subjected to unsafe stunts and was required to maintain unreasonable diets. Taylor also failed to show up for practices and had poor communication skills, the team said...
WORLD: Why the U. S. is the issue in Canada' s election A trade pact raises questions about the country' s identity. -- Should the West toast perestroika? -- A visit to rural Haiti shows why the country will always remain dirt poor...