Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Walk over to counter left of vegetarian counter. Ask woman behind counter what is malted about the malted Belgian waffles. She looks confused, goes to the back, asks cook, returns: "Yeah, there's malt in it." We both smile...
...thinks it's important to eat a full meal beforehand. "You have to eat or else your stomach is all growly and you can't concentrate," she reasons. Jarcho disagrees but still sports a full tray of edibles, explaining, "I couldn't resist the food." "You eat muffins?" I ask her. "No, never," Jarcho says. I point to a muffin on her tray, and ask, "But that is a muffin...
...into food area and ask man filling punch bowl why the back door to this zone is closed. "Cause that's the rules," he explains...
...these people have all dropped out," I say. "Have you run out of things to ask about the candidates who are actually still in the race...
Accentuate the positive, advises Jennifer Richard Jacobson, author of How Is My First Grader Doing in School? "Say, 'Look at all you learned!'" Even if the grades are poor, parents can ask, "What do you think you've done well? What are you proud of?" says Jacobson. Then ask, "What are you finding hard? Where are you having trouble...