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How to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs
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The Peace Corps is left primarily to recent college graduates … the military to low-performing high school grads and college drop-outs.
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That could account for the multiplication of school drop-outs and joblessness among those who managed to finish school in the community.
July « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Other examples of truly famous escapees are hard to come by and troubled drop-outs like Sly Stone and Lauryn Hill don't count.
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There are so many drop-outs, more than 80 players have been tapped for the game.
Absent All-Stars Can Learn From Willie Jason Gay 2011
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That could account for the multiplication of school drop-outs and joblessness among those who managed to finish school in the community.
chidozie chukwubuike | the decoration « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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If Sir Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini will be relieved to have been seeded for the draw – a recognition of their mutual ranking among the four best-performing of the eight Champions League drop-outs – both managers know they could be in for some potentially long-ish flights.
Manchester City and United face long road to Europa League glory 2011
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Repiggie teabaggers are a broken record, plagued by skips and drop-outs.
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Like many drop-outs at that Beatles-inspired time, his ambition was to visit a guru in India, which he eventually did with a friend from Reed, Dan Kottke.
Steve Jobs obituary 2011
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These drop-outs are 8 times more likely to go to prison, 50% less likely to vote, more likely to need social welfare assistance, not eligible for 90% of jobs, and continuing the cycle of poverty.
Kiran Sridhar: A Twelve Year Old's Look at the Aspen Ideas Festival Kiran Sridhar 2010
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