Word: apartness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This situation in many respects reflects the weaknesses of traditional method as students are pitted against each other as if they were pitted against an authority. In bringing students together, it may actually drive them further apart by forcing them to police each other. Anothger weakness with the system is that students should not have to waste their mental energy thinking about whether people will be cheating...
Though television antennas sprout in even the smallest villages, the country has only two TV channels. Apart from morning shows for children, the broadcast day usually begins at 2 p.m. with readings from the Koran. The rest of the fare includes foreign-language classes, American science programs of 1950s vintage and news programs in Farsi, Arabic and English, a feature designed to spread Iranian views to the gulf states. The Iranians can even watch quiz shows; one favorite involves teams of players racing to complete a crossword puzzle. Live and televised soccer matches draw large audiences, which watch the four...
...dreadful war never seems far away. With so many men off in the army, women are being given basic military training for civil defense. Apart from worries about loved ones at the front, there is the fear of a revival of the "war of the cities," which flared up again early this year when Tehran and other urban centers were bombed by Iraqi planes. Since then the attacks have abated, but the nervousness remains. When a severe thunder-and-lightning storm struck the capital last month, causing heavy flooding, some city dwellers thought an air raid was in progress...
...their President Junius R. Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Despite the rebel rancor, the country's Tamils, 2 million strong, welcomed what they hoped was the end to a civil war that had claimed 6,000 lives since 1983 and threatened to tear Sri Lanka apart along ethnic lines. The 12 million Sinhalese, however, were enraged at the agreement, which grants local rule to two northern and eastern provinces heavily populated by Tamils. After an initial spate of rioting, the Sinhalese calmed down. But how long will the uneasy peace last...
...move, as in modern shells, and the space between them is so small that oarsmen cannot move their bodies. The two bottom tiers of oarsmen must row blind. Guidance comes from the top level of rowers, who can see when the oars -- which are only 12 inches apart -- are overlapping. Those on the lowest tier suffer the most: beams lie behind their heads, and the weight of the oar can force the handle up under their chins, resulting in nasty bumps...