Word: vip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...among the young. Under the incentive plans inspired by the Jostens Renaissance program of Minneapolis, Minnesota, some schools bestow "gold" cards for straight A's and "red" cards for A's and B's. Students who fail to make the honor roll but manage to show progress receive a VIP card, which recognizes them as a Very Improved Person. At some schools the cards entitle students to on-campus perks. "For those kids who get positive support at home, it's just the frosting on the cake," says Leo Egan, an English-department coordinator at Silver Lake Regional High...
...went to Washington, D.C., last weekend fully expecting to immerse myself in an intellectual experience. But when I learned both the VIP tour of the White House and the president's keynote address had been canceled, my academic interest in the conference waned...
...recalls one incident in particular when, after leaving his name and American Express number at a sold out jazz club, he received a phone-call minutes later offering him a VIP table at his desired time...
...think you were overly critical of HUPD's Lieutenant Lawrence Murphy in your editorial "VIP Treatment" (October 6, 1993). Harvard--along with the rest of the world--is full of networks, favors, connections and other special arrangements. In some cases they hurt the University (or the corporation), but this is not one of them...
Police sources have said it is unusual forMurphy, whose specialty is VIP protection, to bein charge of arranging busing for Commencementweek...