Word: six
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deoderant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must...
Result: Williams, 37, became the first parent arrested under the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act, a six-month-old California law that compels parents to supervise and control their children or be charged with contributing to delinquency. Williams, free on $20,000 bail and denying guilt, faces a possible year in jail and $2,500 fine...
...columns. They came to cash in on one of this year's hottest financial plays: U.S. Treasury securities. Enticed by a surge in interest rates and put off by the stock market, individuals have turned the once staid investment into a popular favorite. Small investors bought three-month and six-month T- bills at the record pace of $2.5 billion a week during the first quarter of 1989, compared with $2 billion a year ago. Says a Chicago Federal Reserve officer: "On auction days, you'd think this was the racetrack...
...economics concentrator knew that Harvard had six other recruits coming in with her class, four of whom were ranked in the top 50 in the 18-and-unders. Harvard's top three players were already ranked in the top 50 of the collegiate rankings...
After playing number-one for the JV team in the fall of her freshman year, she began rotating into the varsity lineup at number-six singles during the spring season. During her junior year, she won the Harvard Invitational third-flight singles and doubles tournament and reached the finals of the Syracuse Invitational at the number-five position...