Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ATMOSPHERICS. Far more than those old get-togethers with the Soviets, this is a summit about perceptions, where the meeting itself is the message. The Chinese are already packaging it as the second normalization of Sino-American relations. To confirm that, Jiang wants to be accorded status and respect, the treatment due the leader of a great nation, signifying not only the end of the opprobrium China has endured since Tiananmen Square but also its emergence as the 21st century's other great power. So Jiang's handlers have been acutely concerned to ensure that his trip conforms exactly...
...things I was worried about was whether it was possible for me to consider the pros at a place like Harvard," James adds. "My brother was able to confirm that studying would not be an [obstacle...
Based on last year's experience, the school district decided to expand the program to the sixth and eighth grades this year, using a $500,000 grant from the State of California--one of three handed out for single-sex programs. In doing so, it hopes to confirm the hypothesis that students in the single-sex classes do better than their coed peers...
...phonics legislation passed unanimously. Asked what the best response to pro-phonics research is, Goodman refers to his book Phonics Phacts, a folksy 100-page paperback. Preferring the "ethnographic" data he collects, Goodman dismisses the research conducted by his opponents. Asked if there is research from other fields that confirms his findings, he cannot think of any. His final defense is that phonics teaches the ability to recognize individual words, not to understand text, but studies confirm what common sense tells us: comprehension depends on word recognition...
...part Jiang needs the visit to confirm him as a major player on the global stage and consolidate his power against Beijing hard-liners. While the nation?s leaders, on both sides of the aisle, are likely to accord Jiang the respect he needs, the Chinese leader's dealings with the press and hostile congressmen, a scheduled speech at Harvard, and the likelihood that he?ll be dogged by protests across the country, all create potential for damaging incidents beyond the control of the administration...