Word: preps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Einstein staged his first great rebellion. Left behind in Munich when his family relocated to northern Italy after another of his father's business failures, he quit his prep school because of its militaristic bent, renounced his German citizenship and eventually entered the famed Zurich Polytechnic, Switzerland's M.I.T. There he fell in love with a classmate, a Serbian physics student named Mileva Maric. Afflicted with a limp and three years his senior, she was nonetheless a soul mate. He rhapsodized about physics and music with her, called her his Dolly and fathered her illegitimate child--a sickly girl...
...your story on the Achieva college Prep Centers [EDUCATION, Nov. 1]: I would like to correct a misconception about Silver Creek High School. I was quoted as saying Silver Creek is thinking of hiring Achieva "not only for test prep but also to teach reading and writing skills." We hired Achieva not to supplant what our staff already does, and certainly not to rescue us, but instead to assist us in our focus on success for all students. If that part is controversial, then so be it. We are pleased with what Achieva has done so far, and we will...
...really know about this team at all," Long said. "We're still doing some prep...
Whereas his father had grown up in Connecticut, George W. Bush spent his years before prep school in Midland, Texas. He spoke with a Texas drawl and sported cowboy boots at a school where the shoe of choice was penny loafers...
...walking down the street, you wouldn't have had a clue that his father was a congressman or that he went to prep school," Deeter says. "He had a real strong identification with growing up in Texas...