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Local scores could easily be raised if only top students were allowed to take the test, said Sateriale. "[However,] the best thing to do is to give every youngster a chance...

Author: By Michelle D. Tanenbaum, | Title: City School Board Best in U.S. | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

...cold sea water. A flotilla of small boats soon surrounded the upended ship, and seamen searched for passengers who had been hurled into the water from open upper decks. Susan Hames of Coventry, who was pitched overboard, said a little girl was in the water with her. The terrified youngster cried, "I'm going to die, and I've been ever such a good girl. I've never told any lies." The girl survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tragic End for Day Trippers | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Today's volunteers, however, are no throwback to the '60s activists. "It's not enough to say peace, love and happiness," notes Brown Sophomore David Graff, who worked in a storefront school in Harlem and is now a big brother to a youngster in Providence. "We need to be realistic about our expectations so we don't burn out." Linda Chisholm, co-director of the Partnership for Service Learning, an organization that has sent students to assist schools in Jamaica and Ecuador, explains, "They haven't decided who is right and who is wrong. And they aren't saying that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Silver Bullets for the Needy | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...juniors gave the youngster a chance last night. They also gave him some nice passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icemen Rip RPI, 4-1, in ECAC Semis | 3/14/1987 | See Source »

Then came the bills. One youngster was so hooked on Scoopline that he ran up $7,000 worth of charges in two months. Mountain Bell last month suspended the service in Utah until Ultraphone agreed to warn all callers about the fees as they rang on. Two weeks ago Mountain Bell canceled Scoopline in Albuquerque. Ultraphone has offered to provide a 24-hour adult monitor to police the chatter, a solution that seems to be working in Utah. Insists Betsy Superfon, vice president of Ultraphone: "Scoopline is a great way for people to meet new friends." But for youngsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teenagers: Bells Are Ringing | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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