Word: authorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every new class, every new activity, every new person we meet is a fresh start. Anonymity does have a certain mystique. Look at the media frenzy over Primary Colors, simply because no one knew who the author was. You can keep my 15 minutes of fame; I think I'll stick with anonymity...
...There's a weariness with the persistence of the urban problem," says John Chubb, co-author of Politics, Markets & America's Schools, "a feeling that if an alternative really is out there, can it be so terrible to give it a try?" Like passengers on the Titanic who have just heard about a lifeboat raffle, low-income parents are the most excited about vouchers. Average household income for families participating in Cleveland's school-choice program is $6,597. When 6,500 students applied for the 2,000 grants, the city had to distribute them through a lottery. Sister Theresine...
Wendorf is the author of The Elements of Life, a work exploring the similarities between portrait painting and biography in Stuart and Georgian England...
...bonus, Gates has brought in author Jamaica Kincaid and producer Spike Lee as visiting professors...
Kevin Phillips is an author and the publisher of the American Political Report. His most recent book is Arrogant Capital...