Word: comfortes
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...through a quiet revolution, stressing a return to basics--four years of math, science, English, social studies and a foreign language--while assessing student performance in state-mandated tests. At the same time, American kids, Internet savvy and keyboard confident from about third grade, have developed the skills and comfort with technology that are vital for success in the job market. (Trust me on this: these days, when I have to give a speech, my daughters, ages 11 and 13, turn my scribbled notes into a PowerPoint presentation.) And unlike German and Japanese students, who are talked at by teachers...
Special plaudits must go to Quaid, whose titular performance lends the film much of its quiet power. In an interview, Quaid noted that his Little League experience as a boy in Texas helped draw him to the role; and in any baseball movie, the lead actors’ comfort with the game goes a long way toward helping the audience buy into their characters’ fantasies. Quaid reportedly worked hard to capture Morris’ particular mound-tics and it shows; he looks like he could be a ballplayer, even an exceptionally talented...
...misguided but understandable hope that they can somehow cheat death? Both of my cats are shelter animals, and when they were kittens, they were not in any way less beautiful than cc. When they die, I want to start again with new kittens, and I will have the comfort of knowing that I have helped save more animals as well as the pleasure of watching them develop their own unique personalities as they grow. GILL MCCLEAVE Cleveland, England...
According to Story Professor of Law Daniel J. Meltzer ’72, faculty hoped that reducing the class size would allow students to know their classmates and professors better. Hopefully, this would both improve students’ comfort level and their educational experience...
...succeed and he is willing to help me in any way he can. I’ve been to meetings with him so I can see how negotiations work from the inside. He tries to teach me the subtleties of Boston politics. His help is only a mild comfort. I still think failure is not far in my future...