So the junta followed suit, building new campuses in the countryside and laying down stiff rules for extracurricular activities.

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You'll also make a few game drives each day with expert guides, and have time for extracurricular activities like sightseeing flights in vintage open-cockpit biplanes, visits to local villages, fishing, and much, much more.

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And now, as the tepid Obama recovery shows no signs of increasing government coffers, schools are relying even more on donated funds raised through parenting groups to salvage key academic programs, buy supplies, and provide for extracurricular activities.

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Former United winger Lee Sharpe - famed for his extracurricular activities - has been credited with inventing the term.

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But when it comes down to paying bills and for essentials or extracurricular activities, all one can say is "sorry kids, no baseball this year"!

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The bright side is that a large portion of the urban family income is being spent on such things as special schools, tutors, computers, piano lessons and other extracurricular activities for the kids.

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But to meet admissions standards for Ivy League schools, Luke had to take such a heavy load of courses, advanced-placement exams and extracurricular activities that he worked seven days a week for almost two years.

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The recommendation was for sports only, not bands and other extracurricular activities.

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