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...Chelsea and others in South Boston prepare area adults in basic language and math skills in one area and for high school and college equialency exams in another. The goals and shortcomings of the programs vary, but their purposes are the same: to help people return to school without shame and gain control over lives which have run upon hard times...
...going to hurt the league and it would be a shame because there is no other league that has the pure student-athlete like us," Cormier says. "But you're never going to get any complaints from me about coaching in the Ivy League...
...appearance more than governance. Never accepting the blame is a cornerpiece of the Reagan political legacy. While the buck always stopped with Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan seems content to feign ignorance and absent-mindedness time and again, letting his hand-picked subordinates resign one after another in disgrace and shame. Politicians in both parties have taken note of this absolute rejection of responsibility and learned...
...Reagan heads West, to retirement in California, he will leave in his wake a trail of names, men and women who have graced the United States government with gracelessness. James Watt. Anne Burford. Ed Meese. Oliver North. Reagan's Hall of Shame is fuller than any president...
Faced with such grim statistics, students are mounting marketing campaigns that would put Procter & Gamble to shame. Videotapes that advertise a student's creativity are especially popular. Five years ago, Bowdoin College in Maine received just two; last year it got 100. The variety is astonishing: tap-dancing routines, karate demonstrations and music videos. Not all audiovisuals are helpful, however. When an applicant to the University of California at Santa Cruz submitted a taped comedy routine with sexist and racist jokes, admissions director Joe Allen was so offended that he eliminated the student from contention...