Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bomb," Ward said. "He knows everything, and he makes you feel comfortable enough to ask questions...
...ask the Harvard student body," said David B. Grossman '99. "Ninety percent of them wouldn't know the difference...
...what Rubin calls a "rolling meeting," which cruises from one corner of the globe to the other as aides sprint in and out of the room. Says Lipton: "Often in meetings Rubin will cut right through the hierarchy, reach down to one of the youngsters at the table and ask what that person thinks. It creates a whole lot of energy--and an awful lot of fresh thinking...
...years, some 20 states have unveiled custom-made exams intended to hold students (and their schools) to higher educational standards. What's more, unlike the old-style multiple-choice exams, in which lucky guesses often padded scores, tests in more and more states now include subjective "performance questions" that ask students to craft essays and show their work on math problems. What's at stake in these new breeds of tests can be everything from a school's accreditation to teachers' bonuses to a student's high school diploma...
...didn't I just ask? Frankly, I didn't want to come off as one of those unsophisticated Americans who are obsessed by matters of personal hygiene--the yahoos who, in the view of some Europeans, wouldn't think of checking into even a five-star hotel in a foreign country without arming themselves in advance with a bottle or two of lemon-fresh ammonia. I didn't fancy being lumped in my friends' minds with the impeachment managers from the House of Representatives, who give the impression of being the sort of people who bathe about every hour...