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...high school valedictorian who went to hell, who might have amounted to something as a farmer but instead lived on a spread his father gave him. He raised four children but otherwise, in Madison's eyes, produced nothing except obscure poetry for 25 years. He drove old cars and wore old clothes, and when Vietnam came around, he talked like a communist. His father, Jacob Bly, was a respected farmer who turned alcoholic. Robert had to fetch him out of the bars downtown sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Child Is Father Of the Man: ROBERT BLY | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

...from the projects, we from the drug-ridden neighborhoods have beaten the statistics," declared class valedictorian Efrain Colon Jr. "This is no stepping-stone. This is a milestone. We have made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Crisis: Beating the Mean Streets | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

Choosing a valedictorian is usually a simple matter: the pupil with the top grades gets the honor. But for two rival students at Newton County High School in Covington, Ga., even a federal judge couldn't settle a dispute that has roiled the racially volatile school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EDUCATION: Grade-Point Showdown | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

After her first appearance on "Club," the studio received a fan letter from someone who had gone to high school with Talvy, McSwain says. "Is that our valedictorian?" the writer of the letter asked. "Is that J.J.? Boy, has she changed. That's great...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, | Title: Harvard Dancers 'Funk' on Club | 2/16/1991 | See Source »

...Union Carbide Professor of Risk Economics!)? In my dream Harvard, any group willing to foot the bill should be made part of the University. I can see it now: Israeli Occupation Forces credit on one classmate's transcript, Filene's store manager training on another and the valedictorian graduating summa cum laude in Somerville Police Studies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Affiliations | 4/26/1989 | See Source »

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