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...more work than they actually had to," she said. "Most of them want to go to good colleges, but they don't seem to really want to learn more than is required." She found that many students came to class unprepared, ready only to absorb the teacher's monologue...
Player is renowned for his Spartan, black tournament wardrobe. He wears black for a specific purpose: "To absorb the strength of the sun." Player also derives inner strength from his faith in God. He once pontificated, "my strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure...
...fight from time to time. She has to plan her wars more carefully than any other country and achieve all her targets in a very short time." In closed meetings, he has added that "Israel under Begin's rule and myself at the defense desk will not absorb the first strike but will take the pre-emptive strike...
...ultimate meaning of color resides in the nation's mind in the images that whites and blacks have of one another, and that blacks have of themselves. The young, black and white, absorb too much of their social "reality" from television. The people who create TV's fantasies are, God help us, molding minds...
Dukakis also discussed the need for the state to absorb the costs of the county court systems. He said if his proposal is adopted, the state could stop reviewing county budgets and turn the task over to local advisory boards...