Word: core
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like to look at it as if it were the same thing when Lex Luther placed the kryptonite around Superman's neck," sophomore George Polsky said. "This new format hurt us a little, just as the kryponite dented Superman's power. But we know we have a strong inner core...
...there's sort of a core," she said, "it could be beneficial, but that's only speculation...
...free of senior patrons, such as Richardson and Baker. Though he lacked a strong relationship with Bush, he was soon an economic adviser. Darman's friends in the Bush camp made sure he had ample access; he capitalized on that by enthusiastically elaborating on the "flexible-freeze" scheme, the core of Bush's fiscal program...
...study recommends few solutions that are not already part of the education-reform movement: more homework, higher performance standards, more parental involvement and more work in core subjects. But the report also suggests that tests and curriculum be recast to make students analyze what they know rather than just repeat facts and rules. Without such changes, it says, U.S. graduates may soon be unable to compete with those from other countries for the world economy's increasingly complex jobs. "Recent improvements represent a significant national accomplishment," says Gregory Anrig, president of the Educational Testing Service, which administered the study...
...years of development, Lamont has grown from a sketchy "reading" collection to a medium-sized core collection capable of supplying the readings for hundreds of courses each semester. It deserves better than defamation by the chair of the Undergraduate Council. Ann-Marie Breaux Lamont Acquisitions