Word: blackboarding
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...wooden desk, adjusts his round glasses, and rubs his facial hair. He makes eye contact with no one. Brand new stick of chalk in one hand, giant eraser in the other, he turns his back to the class and with dramatic, Van Gogh chalk strokes, he divides the wide blackboard into four squares...
Sitting in front of his blackboard in a Gaza university, Professor Mohammed Shabir, 60, is more at home in the microscopic realms of squirming protozoa than he is with Palestinian realpolitik. But that may soon change. The main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas need to come up with a compromise candidate for prime minister of a unity government led by technocrats, and Shabir may be just the man. The position needs someone respected by the armed Palestinian factions, who at the same time is acceptable to the international community, which has withheld funds from the Palestinian Authority since Hamas took...
...Died. Glenn Ford, 90, nice-guy leading man who won consistent critical praise over a career that spanned half a century and more than 80 films; in Los Angeles. The Canadian-born actor oozed decency and strength as the good guy in westerns, comedies and thrillers?including The Blackboard Jungle, as a teacher who inspires rebellious New York City kids, Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis, and the noir classic The Big Heat, as a detective determined to track down his wife's killers. Of his genre-crossing career, he once said simply: "I like to work...
...over a career that spanned a half-century and more than 80 films; in Los Angeles. Born in Canada to parents who insisted he learn to build and fix houses as a fallback, Ford epitomized decency and strength as the good guy in westerns, comedies and thrillers--including The Blackboard Jungle, as a teacher who inspires rebellious New York City kids; Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis; and the noir classic The Big Heat, as a detective determined to track down his wife's killers. Of his genre-crossing career, he once said simply, "I like to work...
...Chalked on the blackboard are the words "student self-assessment What are your: Dreams, Goals, Skills and Talents? Achievement + Knowledge = Success." Aspiring actress Verity Gorman, 13, seems to have learned the lesson. Asked to audition for the 26-part series (which will be screened in Australia and England next year), she won the role of Lockie's posh classmate Sasha, a poised figure not unlike herself (pictured). "This has given me a small taste of what it's really like," she says of filmmaking. Tastes like teen spirit...