Word: roughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is precious little evidence that Weston's schools are cranking out better and better students each year. As with public schools everywhere, the growth in electives has meant less time for core academics. One rough sign of the decline is weakening performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, which colleges often use to help evaluate an applicant's real academic promise. Nationwide, scores have slipped gently but steadily in recent years, and Weston has been no exception, with test results now averaging in a distinctly mediocre 450 to 480 range. Though most seniors go on to college anyway...
...live theater will have to narrow. Let's hope the academics grow to appreciate the need for the director in the modern theater, and the theater professionals find in the academics a valuable source of interpretive knowledge and ideas. Otherwise, this team could be in for some rough seasons...
Besides its regular news team, CNN brings in special contributors, ranging from Barry Goldwater and Phyllis Schlafly to Hamilton Jordan and Bella Abzug. Its burgeoning audience seems willing to bear with the rough edges, and positively seems to relish the down-home feeling of such featured staffers as Weatherman Flip Spiceland, House Veterinarian Herb Tanzer and Mike the auto mechanic. Best of all, claims Turner, the network should be profitable by year...
Phyllis Schlafly-what a wicked old witch! The young women in the typing pool are embarrassed enough trying to duck the known feelers and gropers without being blamed for the equipment God gave them. It's also rough on the file clerk, trying to keep her arms close to her body while she handles the heavy drawers. Few of these young people can summon the bravado to yell "Cut that out!" or "Go pat your dog!" as this 66-year-old woman has sometimes suggested...
Blackburn is self-consciously democratic. There are no fraternities or sororities, and the work program is run by an elected committee of 13 students. Though attempts are made to share rough chores fairly and to match students to tasks they prefer, the pressure grows too great for some: the dropout rate among first-year students at Blackburn is a moderately high 33%, some of it due to dislike of work, academic and otherwise. In addition to attending classes and meeting their quota of chores, students are expected to spend 30 hours weekly in course preparation outside the classroom. Sixty percent...