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  • They call high-school college and college university.

    Blowback Brad Thor 2005

  • They call high-school college and college university.

    Blowback Brad Thor 2005

  • One European Union study this year found that 17 per cent of Britain's youth are classified as "NEETs" - for Not in Employment, Education or Training, in other words high-school dropouts with no prospects of employment - the fourth-highest percentage in the European Union.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DOUG SAUNDERS 2011

  • In desperation, she’d called her high-school guidance counselor at home.

    Saving Grace Denise Hunter 2005

  • At the very end of today's episode of One Life to Live, viewers learned that the killer of creepy psychopath Eddie Ford John Wesley Shipp is none other than Matthew Buchanan, the high-school junior played by Eddie Alderson.

    One Life to Live Spoiler Alert: Eddie Ford's Killer Revealed! 2011

  • Mr. Weiner used Twitter for his e-sexploits, which meant that anyone could learn that he was communicating with female college and high-school students, as well as with porn star Ginger Lee.

    The Internet Lets It All Hang Out L. Gordon Crovitz 2011

  • "We want every home to have a Kalashnikov in case of necessity to fight against the enemy," Abdel al-Muftah, who oversees the training in Tarhouna, told students in a high-school classroom, binoculars hanging over his desert-camouflage uniform.

    Gadhafi Girds for Long Survival Battle Sam Dagher 2011

  • Virtually every village in the world has unemployed or under-employed high-school grads who will jump at the chance to build a career of life-saving skills.

    Jeffrey Sachs: How Communities Can End AIDS Jeffrey Sachs 2011

  • But there's nothing worse than wearing a suit with what looks like your high-school backpack paired together.

    The Messages a Man Sends With His Work Bag Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011

  • I recall my mom deploying the phrase to describe more than one of my high-school friends of whom she didn't entirely approve; she thought I could do better.

    Sharing the Chutzpah Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

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