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Casually attired in khaki trousers and a gray polo shirt, math teacher Tony Dula scribbles an algebra problem on a sheet of clear plastic and, using an overhead projector, throws the image on the blackboard for his class of 10th- graders. "O.K.," he says, "you have two minutes." Heads bow and sneakered feet tap softly on the floor. Suddenly a student in the second row breaks the silence. "Oooooh! I found it!," she cries. "I feel good!" Another girl waves her hand wildly from the back of the room. "Mr. Dula! Mr. Dula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Diamonds In The Rough | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

Remember holidays too. In addition to Christmas, New Year's, Twelfth Night, Ascension, Pentecost, Easter, May Day and All Saints' Day, predominantly Catholic Bavaria, for example, celebrates Maria Himmelfahrt (Assumption), Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi) and, in a bow to ecumenism, the Protestants' Buss-und Bettag (Day of Prayer and Repentance). All this and June 17 (German Unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Shopping Hell | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

...concert debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, wunderkind ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER is still wunderbar. At 27 she has matured into one of the world's finest violinists. On a demanding schedule, she has already played her way around the globe this year, traveling with her two prized Stradivarius violins, her bow and her signature strapless designer dresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: String Along | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

Joining Jewett on the ever-popular Ad Board is Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Epps is easily recognizable by his polka-dot bow ties, seersucker suits, funny accent and umbrella with a carved duck's head on the handle (really). He's also one of Harvard's few Black administrators...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: And Now, Some People You'll Probably Never Meet | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...response to what Bush described as "shots across my bow" by prominent Democrats, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater fired back on the savings-and-loan issue. "I see disturbing signs of Democrats wanting to make this political against Republicans, and I just want to put them on notice that it plays both ways," Fitzwater said. "The Democrats have a big role" in the S&L crisis, he added, citing three former leaders of the House who left under ethical clouds and two current Senators facing ethics investigations. Fair enough so far. But Fitzwater then overreached in seeking to implicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Faces of George Bush | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

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