Word: quest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...current groundswell of interest in education that you describe in "The Bold Quest for Quality" [Oct. 10] rises from ordinary citizens, not teachers, administrators or politicians. Even those who do not have children are interested in better schools. Now that the movement has started, let's not allow...
...organized the Student Peer Assistance Program to promote better academic achievement. We give awards and offer counseling and advice on college. Although students cannot change the curriculum or improve the quality of their teachers, they can at least influence young people. We students play an important role in the quest for quality education...
...first dustup occurred in Iowa, where the Democratic presidential candidates were appearing at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner for party activists. John Glenn set the tone by suggesting that Walter Mondale had been slavishly catering to a wide array of special-interest groups in his quest for the party's presidential nomination. "Will we offer a party that can't say no to anyone with a letterhead and a mailing list?" the Ohio Senator asked. When Mondale's turn came, he pushed aside his prepared text and zeroed in on his opponent's vote in favor...
...politics and religion. So Jackson's fledgling advisory committee has been reduced to sending out 2,000 solicitation letters, using a slapdash mailing list of friends and black businessmen, to raise seed money. Consequently, prominent politicians like Philadelphia Congressman William Gray are urging him to scale back his quest and run a Limited campaign in a few Southern states with a large proportion of black voters...
...Harvard football team didn't get a lot of help Saturday in its quest to get back into the Ivy race. Dartmouth and Penn both walked away with easy victories. In non-league action, Holy Cross trampled Brown and Bucknell tied Columbia...