Word: apprenticeships
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...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...
Bellows studied at the New York School of Art under Robert Henri, the American realist disciple of Frans Hals and Edouard Manet. "My life begins at this point," he said of his apprenticeship to Henri. He soon developed a tough, pragmatic repertoire based on realist drawing and tonal composition. He was by far the most gifted younger member of the Ashcan School, a loose group that included John Sloan, George Luks and William Glackens. Not one of them ever painted an ash can, but they did believe, in a general way, that the artist should work from life...
...that Dan Quayle's family-values sermon missed the mark; much of what he said was right. It is that Quayle represents an Administration that has only rarely supported the programs that actually promote strong families -- everything from child care and parental leave to infant nutrition, Head Start, apprenticeship training, gun control and -- well, the list is almost endless. In a callous drone, the less fortunate have heard a single Republican note for 12 years: "You're on your own." Quayle's complaint may be smart politics -- the White House is convinced that the November election will be a three...
...provide capital for inner-city businesses; welfare reform that would reduce benefits substantially for those who won't work; drug treatment on demand; national service, the plan that offers a college education to those who will "pay" for it with a period of community service at below-market wages; apprenticeship training for those who don't want a university education; and strict child-support enforcement of the kind Clinton has introduced in Arkansas, where a father's Social Security number is entered < on birth certificates to ensure collections when Dads become deadbeats. And, adds Stephanopoulos, in an effort...