The female panel members politely objected to her characterizations of how she overcame such obstacles, pointing out she graduated from law school with honors and was on the prestigious law review.

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He earned his MBA degree, with honors, at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and his B.

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Or maybe the students are excited about the Honors College at a great state school.

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D. with honors in 1992 from Tulane Law School and her B.

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Mr. RICH JACOB (Associate Vice President for Federal Relations, Yale Law School): Yale honors all of those who serve in the military and greatly respects the mission of ROTC.

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Her mood swings eventually became so wild the former honors student had to quit going to high school.

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We see a melee involving about 50 teenagers that took place near Fenger High School, where Albert was an honors student.

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The school shoots for a 100% honors rate every year.

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Although Mr. Holmes graduated from the university with the highest honors, he didn't attend commencement ceremonies, school officials said.

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He graduated from Harvard with honors with a degree in government and then went back to the Ivy League school for his law degree.

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