Word: assignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Epps and Coordinator of Student Activities Susan T. Cooke file each space request as it comes in. As soon as a group clears out of its office or an alternate space opens up, Epps and Cooke go to work to assign space to groups that they deem deserving...
...Franken: They did? Tell your editors never to assign someone to ask that question again. I don't know. Uh. Have you ever heard of our paper? You could of asked me that so I could have said...
...Franken: They did? Tell your editors never to assign someone to ask that question again. I don't know. Uh. "Have you ever heard of our paper?" You could have asked me that so I could have said...
...first I thought the cover story on the amount of homework youngsters have was a joke [EDUCATION, Jan. 25], but I realized it was sad but true. Many private and parochial schools assign three hours of homework a night. Now I see that some public school students are whining about three hours of homework a week! How do they ever hope to compete for entrance to colleges and universities? Let's quit dumbing down America and face the reality that one has to work, and work hard, to achieve the things that are truly meaningful. GWEN GANGER Los Angeles...
Teachers have it made. They get to send students to detention, assign homework and give tests. They can issue commands like "compare and contrast" and watch their charges squirm. There is but one drawback to wielding such power: the daunting task of grading essays. For every student who pulls an all-nighter wading through Great Expectations, there is a teacher who has to slog through dozens of tortured expositions on the symbolism of Miss Havisham's aborted wedding feast...