scholarship
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But he said his folks always encouraged him to pursue his dream - especially his father, who turned down a tennis scholarship in the US at the age of 20.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
He’d sought answers to his country’s racial problems through scholarship, sociology, pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism, sci-fi, Socialism, Communism and finally expatriation, to Ghana, a new nation with a new president, Du Bois ally Kwame Nkrumah.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
But there is significant and respected scholarship that goes much further and holds that the Constitution is a pro-slavery, and pro-Southern, document which protected that vile institution.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Eligible students will be awarded a scholarship of $500.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
A full-tuition scholarship was unlikely, but I could maybe get half.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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The Vocabulary of College
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