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Still, it takes a brave student to dive into the deep water of a complicated subject. "For the first couple of weeks, I couldn't understand anything," recalls Great Falls second-grader Courtney Pilka. "But after I got used to it, I started liking it a lot. I learned the alphabet and the numbers. Now it's part of my life." For many students, this is true outside the classroom as well, as they are inspired to explore Japanese restaurants, art and music. "I think the cultural experience is every bit as important as the language," says Jill McKee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: (Is That Correct?) In a handful of American schools, first-graders are discovering math and science -- in Japanese | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...brave youngster who threw a ball accurately enough to dunk a Mather resident into a tank of water, simply smirked matter-of-factly and strolled on to the next booth...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: `Mather Madness' Strikes Residents, Area Children | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Meredith: Longtime Companion had one purpose, it was not a very brave attempt, it was about AIDS, and not even well-done about AIDS...

Author: By Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, | Title: Reel Queer Premieres | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...just when we need it most, there is a dearth of brave politicians willing to stand up to the conspiracy. President Bush, the ultimate political wimp, gave his tacit support for the stadium by throwing out the first ball in yesterday's sold-out opener with the Cleveland Indians...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Manufacturing My Game | 4/7/1992 | See Source »

...Even the film's nomination for this year's foreign-language Academy Award might attest to the bland gentility of its virtues, if only because Red Lantern reprises the dour theme and visual extravagance of 1988's big winner, The Last Emperor. But this obscures the point of a brave, passionate and highly entertaining work of art. In the best movies, style reflects substance. And in this story of a wealthy man in 1920s China and the four women he keeps in pampered imprisonment, the decor underlines the sad fable of Woman as ornament. As the heroine says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Princesses in A Pretty Prison | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

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