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...guess you could say my life changed a good deal after the treatment, because I had a lot more focus. But to tell you the truth, I could not see the difference until the seventh grade. By then, I was a straight-A student because of it. I may be naturally smart, but I never could have applied myself as much without it. Nowadays, I know when I need my medicine because it lets me perform to my full ability...
...statistical balancing act, but many are eager to point fingers. “Some schools will be vocal about taking a lower-end AI person with a higher-end,” says men’s basketball head coach Frank Sullivan. Nonetheless, if you see a straight-A student around campus who played sports in high school and was recruited but never played a game for Harvard, you’re probably looking at a booster. As for the gladiators, you probably wouldn’t see them if they did exist—unless...
...year-old high school senior from Dayton, Ohio, visiting the Air Force Academy for the first time in the spring of 1999. Only the best and brightest, the top 20% of their high school class, have a chance at admission. Fullilove was that and more. She was a straight-A student, a cheerleader, a hurdle jumper and a swim-team member. A dance champion by age 5, she choreographed her own routines, sang and did comedy. She was determined to follow in the footsteps of her mother, an Air Force lieutenant colonel with a 20-year career in biomedical research...
When Richard Bruce Cheney was a student at Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyo., he was a solid football player, senior-class president and an above-average student. But he wasn't the star. That distinction belonged to Lynne Vincent, Cheney's girlfriend and future wife. A straight-A scholar, Lynne was elected Mustang Queen, the equivalent of most popular girl. She was also a state-champion baton twirler, a big deal in 1950s Wyoming. To begin her routine, Lynne would set both ends of a baton on fire and throw it in the air while her boyfriend stood...
...against the U.S., most notably when five of them sought to enter Afghanistan last fall to fight in support of the Taliban. Four of the six, including Bilal's brother, have been arrested in the U.S., while one suspect remains at large. Bilal himself flatly denies the charge. A straight-A student at Kuala Lumpur's International Islamic University, Bilal was well-liked by his peers and, odd for an alleged terrorist, noted for his American patriotism. The 25-year-old also planned to marry his girlfriend this December. It could be a lengthy engagement...