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...launched their campaigns for an election in which Seaga is being challenged by former Prime Minister Michael N. Manley, the onetime socialist who presided over the economic decline that Seaga inherited. Manley's People's National Party had planned to warm up for the campaign and celebrate its 50th anniversary during an annual convention last week, but it was postponed because of the storm...
Faced with such competition and hard work, freshmen may find it hard to make time to play and develop the friendships that are supposed to last through the 50th reunion. "It's a whirlwind," says Pamela Haber, a University of Michigan sophomore. "You make friends, you drop them." Many find that having an entirely new pool of classmates is a greatly liberating experience. Hated nicknames are finally shed, new affectations can be tried on and discarded. "Nobody has to know that you were shy in high school," says Veronica Lawson, 18, a Rhodes sophomore who counsels freshmen. "I tell freshmen...
Students in nearly three-quarters of the New Orleans elementary schools, including Frantz, rank below the 50th percentile on national reading tests. Without mastering the ability to read, kids like Bianca will find it impossible to realize their dreams. Bianca, who reads a bit above her grade ; level, keeps what she calls a "literature book" at Leonard's house. Her grandmother gave it to her. She reads it by herself. "I keep it in the back room," she says. "It has lots of stories in it by different authors...
Shade-pulls, that's what Eisenberg associates with Wolfe's writing. In a piece written for Esquire's 50th Anniversary issue about a Silicon Valley mogul, Wolfe returned to his subject's hometown of Grinnell, Iowa. "Wolfe wrote very vividly about the streets of Grinnell, right down to the little details, the shade-pulls," Eisenberg says. "I was amazed he knew so much about the shade-pulls...
Grace's fall-away jumper knotted the score at 50 with 22 seconds left. The 50-50 score in the NCAA's 50th championship game set a new record for most haltime points...