Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amazing, isn't it?" says the producer, as she listens to Jackson's speech. "You can feel it right here," and she thumps her chest. It turns out that their instincts are correct: Jackson moves to exit on the right. As he passes, Bradley gets in the first question. Both Bradley and Zirinsky are jubilant. "After you get off the floor," says Zirinsky, "it's hours before you can come down." Holly Hunter couldn't have said it better...
...finger, he can tell the temperature of chocolate to within 2 degrees. Although his English is pretty good, Kumin might not understand the concept of the temperamental chef. He is usually as sweet as milk chocolate, yet no pushover like the Pillsbury doughboy. He stops on his rounds to correct a technique with gentle humor, nod his approval of a creamy filling and assess a student's attitude. Things have changed since Kumin's European apprenticeship began some 50 years ago. "In the old system," he says, "they made you get out of bed at 2 in the morning...
...view on the case is that I think that thepromotion decision was basically a correct one,but that the process that took place was certainlyflawed--not flawed in a sense that it wasdiscrimination," he said. "Some-how the picture ofwhat that person is and what the person has donedoesn't come through completely to your ownsatisfaction. This flawed process might not haveoccurred so easily if a man had been...
...according to a recent National Geographic Society survey of nine countries, Americans ranked at the very bottom in their knowledge of geography. When asked to identify 16 spots on the map, including the United States, the Soviet Union, the Pacific Ocean and the Persian Gulf, American adults averaged 8.6 correct answers. Swedes ranked the highest, with 11.6 points...
...have had trouble at home. But all sign up voluntarily, usually after repeatedly failing to get a job. They endure the regimen partly because of parental pressure, which Carrasco helps to generate by visiting his students' families at home. "We involve the parents at every turn," he explains. "We correct the notion that their children are 'our' responsibility. Hell, no. We have to work together...