Word: apprenticeship
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Reno was appointed Dade County prosecutor in 1978, and voters returned her to the office five times, despite a rough apprenticeship. Miami endured three nights of racial rioting in 1980 after her office failed to convict four police who allegedly beat a black insurance man to death. Reno regained trust by opening her office to blacks, Hispanics and women...
Fortunately, you are in the hands of a trained professional. To obtain a hair stylist license in Massachusetts, one must take a 1,000 hour course in hair school, pass an examination on both the practice and theory of styling and complete a two-year apprenticeship, according to Dale and Edward...
Berger served that apprenticeship in Jimmy Carter's State Department, first writing speeches for Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and later taking on a broader advisory role. "He writes very clearly, simply, eloquently, in primary colors rather than purple," says Tony Lake, then his boss at State, who will now, as Clinton's National Security Adviser, be Berger's boss at the White House...
...entertain -- and those who don't get it are always free to tune out. But even some righteous liberals are closet Rushophiles, because the man is so good at what he does. And knows it. And tells you, in a voice whose every syllable bespeaks a 25-year apprenticeship in radio oratory, without fear of repetition or contradiction. If vainglorious were two words, he'd fit both of them. He has an ego made for radio...
...standard high school diploma will be replaced by a series of achievement goals. Advancement into college, a trade or a career will be based on the attainment of those personal goals. The venerable concept of apprenticeship, which thrived in 18th and 19th century America, will be revived; young people will divide their time between school and training with mentors in areas ranging from carpentry to wildlife biology. At the same time, adult education will boom as workers retrain for new jobs, bone up on developments in fast- moving fields and learn new skills and hobbies for their retirement years...