Word: stays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helps them to adapt to a military environment--something they function within for at least five years following graduation. People who come to West Point in search of the "free education"--cadets actually receive half a second lieutenant's pay during their four years--don't usually stay around. The attrition rate hovers at 25 per cent. "No one comes just for the education," says one cadet who wants to be an army officer. "If they do, they either quit--or are quitted." The message from other cadets is the same: "You either accept the system or go home...
...head," Scott chides. The next try is much better. He spins the car into a good J turn, evading a sudden roadblock, and escapes. When Scott concedes that the move was a "reasonable reaction," the student feels as proud as a small boy the first time he manages to stay up on a two-wheeler. Fear turns into exhilaration. He can hardly wait for the next ambush...
...former professor of Landscape Architecture and Plannig, says they designed a gridiron layout iwith a town center--a market place of sorts--where Winthrop Square stands today. Of the eight houses in the square, one was destined for Gov. Winthrop but it collapsed while under construction. Winthrop decided to stay in Boston...
They were forced to stay in an unattended, messy basement that smells of sewage...
...economic status of the immigrants is improving, Miranda says. In the last five years, the numbers of professional and paraprofessional immigrants has steadily grown. Many of them came to the universities to earn a graduate degree and then decided to stay, or they found opportunities more plentiful in a university community. For the professionals, adjusting to a new country is generally easier and more gradual...