Word: bennetts
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Former Education Secretary William J. Bennett in 1986 tagged the program "Core lite," comparing the curriculum to its Gen Ed predecessor and assailing it for not being academically rigid...
Lloyd Bentsen of Texas became the third Democrat to endorse Tower's confirmation, but his speech was followed by a declaration of opposition from Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, who had been lobbied hard by the Bush administration as a potential pro-Tower vote...
...Broadway misses Robbins. For a decade or so after his abdication, the American musical was dominated by choreographer-directors in the Robbins mold: Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune. Today, though, Broadway is little more than a posh road stop for the British musical; the '80s' three signature smashes (Cats, Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera) were born in London. Jacobs tacitly acknowledges this when he proclaims Robbins "a genius, probably the genius of our time," then adds, "God pity me if Andrew Lloyd Webber hears that...
...president held early morning meetings with Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Bennett Johnson, (D-La.) and Dennis DeConcini, (D-Ariz...
...program. But other officials insist that they chose Channel One primarily on its merits. "Some people assume we're mindless dolts and victims of rampant commercialism," says Thomas Sharkey, principal of Billerica Memorial High School in Billerica, Mass. "I consider this the best form of corporate-school partnership." David Bennett, superintendent of the St. Paul school district, cites lack of public funds as ; a key reason why schools would accept the offer...