Word: jefferson
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...jumped 45% for Hispanics, 47% for blacks, and Irvine is becoming known as a powerhouse for minority scientists-in-training. Many blacks and Hispanics say it's a far more supportive place than other U.C. campuses with bigger names and better reputations. "We're a hidden secret," says Genae Jefferson, an African-American physics major who chose Irvine over UCLA. "But a lot of people don't realize it until they get here...
...less ridiculous than the Chinese government's insistence that NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was the result of a conspiracy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail and Sino-American relations improve in the long run, to the benefit of all of us. HONG MA Port Jefferson Station...
...advised employing a more positive, invective-free attitude. He suggested using shoot as a sort of cussing patch for the first few weeks. Finding shoot too embarrassing, I decided to go with two Civil War-era favorites, dandisprat and mutton-thumper, both of which could have been included in Jefferson Davis' comedy routine, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Whatever People Did Before Television." But in general, O'Connor says, such words aren't necessary. "If you wanted to say I saw the most fabulous f'-in' game, you don't need that other word. Fabulous is a good...
Bailyn, who has won both the Pulitzer andBancroft Prizes for his work, was also named the1998 Jefferson Lecturer by the National Endowmentof the Humanities, the nation's highest honor forscholars in the humanities. He will be awarded aDoctorate of Laws...
...library is still considered a crime scene," said Jefferson County Public Schools spokesman Rick Kaufman. The personal items found in the library, as well as those recovered from the commons area outside the cafeteria, have been moved to the auditorium for retrieval -- except for the items still being held as evidence in a case that police seem reluctant to close. All day Tuesday, nearly 2,000 students and teachers, broken up into groups of 15, were to enter Columbine High and leave again. It was the day after Memorial Day, and life was going...