Word: chalkboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reforms came abruptly, grabbing attention like fingernails scratching a chalkboard. As Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer stepped into his new role as czar of the city's public schools last week, he began the dirty work of dismantling one of the nation's most ineffectual public bureaucracies. Armed with a new state law giving him authority over the city's 265 public schools, Archer swiftly demoted the city's elected school-board members to unpaid advisers and stripped them of such perks as corporate credit cards, cell phones, pagers and even office keys. He suspended all new employment contracts...
Trevor S. BlakeLaudable ideas but lackluster delivery made this candidate fade into the background. A tall guy but not a stand-out. John A. Burton Wins presentation prize for clever anecdotes and impromtu chalkboard use. The kind of TF we wish we all could have. Eddy J. Dominguez Radical revolutionary bashes council and calls for major structural reform. On the right track, but this isn't lran. T. Christopher King Passionately promises building healthier community at Harvard. But like the hair, he just seems a little too slick. Henry C. Quillen Rhetorical style not quite as interesting as the "Scream...
...kiosk's management takes care to point out the significance of every purchase to customers. For example, the purchase of one card will buy enough vaccine to immunize seven children against measles. The purchase of two packs of greeting cards will buy a large chalkboard and school supplies for a developing nation classroom...
There were Republicans this year who got it. Texas Governor George W. Bush, the (very) early G.O.P. front runner for the 2000 presidential race, is so intent on classroom issues he's done everything short of write his agenda on a chalkboard. But for the most part, it was Democrats who could talk the talk in '98, just as it was Republicans who sounded most plausible on things like budget cutting and welfare reform...
...infamous tower, gracing every postcard sold in the Square, is indeed accessible. After a never-ending hike to the top of the tower, the intrepid visitor can behold a large whitewashed room well-equipped with lamps, a chalkboard, a table with chairs and a grand piano. With large windows on every wall, this classic chamber's panoramic view is unbeatable. Best of all, privacy is ensured because the key to the door of this beautiful retreat is given out only to one party at a time...