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Meanwhile, as the blue ribbon institutions battle over stars, they are letting legions of very good, if not superlative, students hang out to dry. Richard Steele, admissions director at Duke, reports that this year "I've had more calls from good candidates that have been left out than ever before." One boy in suburban New York with 1,220 SATs and three varsity letters was wait-listed by all four colleges he tried, including Schenectady's Union and Lafayette in Easton, Pa. Observes Phyllis Steinbrecher, a college placement consultant in New York: "What was a safety school is no longer...
...town known for using political cliches to paper over critical issues, no phrase passes the lips of Washington politicians more easily than "bipartisan commission" -- except, of course, for that old standby, "blue-ribbon panel." Over the years these august bodies have contemplated practically every vexing issue, from Central America to Social Security. Although the commissions rarely solve the problem at hand, they invariably buy time for the responsible authorities to put off unpleasant decisions, sometimes ! indefinitely. The latest commission with a formidable mission came into being last week, when the National Economic Commission began its search for ways of reducing...
These professors also questioned why Bok assembled a blue-ribbon panel of legalexperts without answering Dalton's prime claim,that she was a victim of political and genderdiscrimination...
...training methods will challenge you and make many demands upon you that you may initially consider too much." Forbidden was all nonschool material, including books, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio. The course, Galitz said, was aimed at encouraging concentration and deep thought. Each student pinned two rows of "ribbons of challenge" on the white tunic worn during the course, a ribbon to be shed only when a crucial test had been passed.When all the ribbons were gone, a student graduated...
...initial bewilderment of the students eventually gave way to satisfaction. Carl Craig got a "high five" from his son after passing the ten-commandments test and shedding the first ribbon. After passing the "sales crow" test at Janss mall, the elder Craig was bubbling with pride: "When you turn that ribbon in, you feel like you have just climbed Mount Fuji...