Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need more than one "hit" to justify a CD called "the greatest hits," with emphasis on the plurality in the word "hits." Albums like these lose their luster when one or two hit singles are surrounded by dance remixes and drivel from albums that weren't very good to begin with. A true "greatest hits" CD is a rare gem indeed these days...
...most important issue facing Massachusetts as you begin your term--education--is one in which discussion, compromise and rational action is not only possible but necessary. The major reason why the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) endorsed Harshbarger is that he drew a clear line between taking responsibility for education reform and hurling blame at the nearest targets. It is time for you to do the same...
There are two tangible ways to begin fulfilling your promise to make education a priority: first, remove Chairman of the Board of Education John R. Silber--your de facto governor for education--and replace him with someone committed to public education and willing to conduct honest and open dialogue with education program heads, teacher candidates and concerned citizens. Silber has proven his reluctance to cooperate with his colleagues by refusing to release a copy of the teacher test given last spring or explain how those tests were graded. In addition, his disparaging comments about the intelligence of those candidates...
...think we can get another year or two out of the space we have," Turco said. "We are going to begin looking immediately...
DIED. RUTH BRINE, 78, ebullient former senior editor of TIME; in New York City. Brine, an Iowa native who grew up skating on the Mississippi, opted in 1945 to begin her career at TIME rather than Newsweek because of its proximity to Rockefeller Center's skating rink. During her four-decade career, she interviewed such icons as Pablo Picasso and Maria Callas and conceived cover stories on women, crime and the elderly...