Word: things
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just an acceptance letter, but our very own Certificate of Admission, remember? Indeed, it is the rare student among us who has not proudly framed this revered document, and just as proudly displayed it, Magna-Carta style, in the most conspicuous location possible. Certainly, it is the sort of thing that would surely have proved impressive on a date, if indeed such a concept existed at Harvard...
Imagine, if you can, living someday in an America where nobody under the age of 40 can remember names like Pepsi-Cola or Ford or Howard Johnson's. Impossible! So on a drive from New York City to Washington not long ago, it seemed the most natural thing in the world to stop for lunch at the next Howard Johnson's. A hot dog and some French fries and a dish of maple-walnut ice cream. That was what one had been doing on the superhighway to Washington ever since it was built back at the dawn of the Republic...
...harsh reaction to poor grades is a symptom of deeper problems. "The cards may be an emotional lightning rod," explains child psychologist David Elkind of Tufts University, who notes that "grades are a concrete embodiment of many issues." For one thing, bad grades can unleash parents' anxieties about their social status and their children's prospects. To the poor, success in school offers a way for children to escape impoverished lives. Middle-class parents push their offspring to surpass their own accomplishments. And wealthy, well-educated people routinely expect stellar performances from youngsters...
...Wild Thing" immediately finds himself at odds with the conservative world of baseball. His hair is goofy--spiked high with a razor-cut zig-zag on the sides. His casual attitude toward his appearance causes the manager to chide, "We wear caps and sleeves at this level...
Faced with so much adversity and so much social control, the players rely on the only thing they can be sure of: their skills as baseball players...