Word: ron
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even led a few colleges to take up the slack. Says John Ruohoniemi, admissions director of St. Olaf College in Minnesota: "If the student is not right for us, we're going to suggest ways for him or her to find the right school." To Rice Admissions Director Ron Moss, his college's effort to help Houston high schoolers is simply a community obligation. "Colleges are a resource," he notes. "They have to come down out of their ivory tower...
...than you see on Dallas or Dynasty." A visitor walks out with Strum among the baboons at 8 a.m. in Laikipia. They are feeding on the buds of an acacia tree not far from the granite kopje where they sleep. Strum knows all the baboons. "That is C.J. and Ron," she begins. "The female is Zilla. C.J. and Ron have a conflict of emotions." Ron is new to the troop, and so is Ndofu...
...Texas state legislature is expected to vote soon on a smoke-free indoor-air act that would limit public smoking throughout the state. Fourteen Texas cities and towns already have antismoking ordinances, says Ron Todd of the state health department, and "every day, almost, another one passes...
...experience of Ron Rusich, 29, a house painter in Mobile, was typical. In 1984 he received a 15-year sentence for burglary. But an intensive probation scheme used in his state since 1982 eventually sent him back outside, and back to work, under strict supervision. A 10 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was enforced during the first three months after release by at least one surprise visit each week from the corrections officer. There were three other weekly meetings, with restrictions eased as his time in the program increased. Living at home, as he was required...
...between art and money. I wasn't a vet. The same thing that had happened to me in Viet Nam happened to me in Hollywood: I got wounded, blown up right away. I tried to get my script for Born on the Fourth of July made. That was the Ron Kovic story, about a paralyzed vet. Al Pacino was to star, but at the last minute, the money wasn't there. I felt very bitter that making serious films was impossible in Hollywood. So I did The Hand...