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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
years
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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
is
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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
is
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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
largely
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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
college
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One of the significant things about Jewish culture in the older teen years is that it is largely college oriented.
oriented
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
per cent
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
college
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
age
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
attend
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
institutions
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
higher
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Sixty five per cent of the Jewish teen-agers of college age attend institutions of higher learning.
learning
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
is
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
substantially
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
higher
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
figures
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
American
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
population
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
at large
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
per cent
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
males
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
per cent
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This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at large - 45.6 per cent for males and 29.2 per cent for females.
females
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
help
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
explain
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
phenomenon
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
described
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
small town
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
Jewish
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This may help explain a phenomenon described by a small town Jewish boy.
boy
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
first
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
two
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years
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high school
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Jewish
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
boys
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town
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make
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strenuous
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
exertions
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
win
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
positions
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[ "(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player" ]
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school
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In their first two years in high school, Jewish boys in this town make strenuous exertions to win positions on the school teams.
teams
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
However
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
junior
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
senior
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
years
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generally
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
forego
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
pursuits
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
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interest
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
better
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academic
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However, in their junior and senior years, they generally forego their athletic pursuits, presumably in the interest of better academic achievement.
achievement
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
is
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
significant
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
too
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
older
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
teen-agers
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
interviewed
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
believed
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[ "accept as true; take to be true" ]
[ "believe%2:31:00::" ]
It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
unlike
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
Jewish
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
students
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
tend
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[ "tend%2:42:01::" ]
It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
do
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
better
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
academically
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
gentile
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It is significant, too, that the older teen-agers I interviewed believed, unlike the younger ones, that Jewish students tend to do better academically than their gentile counterparts.
counterparts
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
percentage
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
Jewish
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
girls
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
attend
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
college
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
is
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
almost
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
high
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The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.
boys
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The motivations for both sexes, to be sure, are different.
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The motivations for both sexes, to be sure, are different.
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The motivations for both sexes, to be sure, are different.
to be sure
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The motivations for both sexes, to be sure, are different.
are
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The motivations for both sexes, to be sure, are different.
different
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
vocational
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
motive
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
is
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
dominant
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
boys
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
Jewish
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
girls
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
attend
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The vocational motive is the dominant one for boys, while Jewish girls attend college for social reasons and to become culturally developed.
college
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