Word: approaches
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...confirm to some the worst stereotypes of that department. Never known for its receptivity to the study of minorities, women or the cultures of developing nations, the department's introduction of a new course about the West may seem like an affirmation of an ethnocentric, white male dominated approach to history...
...Great Books approach is predicated on the belief that "the sacred texts" should be read as classics qua classics, independent of time or place. As a history department offering, the new course will place the works of Nietzsche, Marx and Hegel in a historical context; they will not simply be revered...
...recent leadership changes. Originally, there were great leaders whose primary task was to liberate the whole country, regain independence and reunify the country. They made history. Today leadership tasks have changed. The style is also changing. We do not forget the great leaders who preceded us, and we approach our task, as they did, with a high degree of responsibility for the destiny of our nation. Democratic rights have been broadened. The working principle of openness -- let the people know, let the people discuss, let the people work and let the people control -- is fast becoming a way of life...
...source of popular dismay is precisely the belief that the public is not getting its money's worth out of the cash already being showered on schools -- a record $308 billion this year in federal, state, local and private spending. To improve teaching, G.O.P. candidates favor a free-market approach: tuition tax credits and/or education vouchers for parents to send children to public or even private schools of their choice. The theory is that in a buyers' market, schools would be forced to improve to compete for pupils. At present, says former Delaware Governor du Pont, public schools are monopolies...
...Specter of Pennsylvania and Democrats Howell Heflin of Alabama and Dennis DeConcini of Arizona. Last week DeConcini still did not know what to make of the controversial jurist. "I have read so much," he told TIME. "Sometimes he sounds like a moderate. At other times he seems -- well, his approach seems so odd. I think he and the nation are both entitled to a full hearing and explanation...