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Cockrell went to all her classes, did all her homework, earned all her credits. But, like just one other of her 162 classmates, she could not pass Texas' statewide high school exit exam. Cockrell had enlisted in the Army, having passed its qualifying test, and was getting ready to ship out the week after graduation. But without passing the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, she could not get a diploma, and without a diploma, her enlistment was void...
...cafe's violations included overcrowding, a blocked exit and excessive grease on sprinklers and ventilation equipment...
...regular season, hoping for a Cinderella finish come March. But the magic, the fairy tale finish and the sweet redemption for a season gone awry was not meant to be. Youth and inexperience proved too much as it plagued and exhausted the Crimson ranks, leading to a quarterfinal playoff exit against...
...elite presidential guard, fled across the Congo River to Brazzaville, Congo soon after the dictator, largely unnoticed, slipped out of Kinshasa. Although the government says it will continue to defend the capital, the departures suggest that Kinshasa may fall to Kabilwith very little struggle. Diplomats hope that Mobutu's exit will pave the way for a bloodless transfer of power to Kabila. Mobutu had vowed that he would die before being declared the ex-president of Zaire, and to the last refused to cede authority to the rebel leader. Instead, the resignation was vague at best. Government information minister...
...evening before June 5, I will again make the pilgrimage to Widener Library simply to experience the exit: to pause for a moment at the top of the shallow, grand steps and consider Memorial Church across the way in its perfect symmetry. To consider the many who have preceded me on this hallowed ground, and the many who will follow. And to remember why I am leaving...