Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four-point program, titled "America 2000: Excellence in Education," seeks to set national educational goals and develop a community-wide strategy to reach them, establishes a "report card" to measure schools, and supports the creation and funding of "New American Schools" that experiment with innovation...
...would be an agent of "fundamental change," but in Arkansas he has been quite willing to reach cozy accommodations with corporate interests and to work within a regressive tax structure. His priorities have been clear but scarcely uncontroversial; for example, his aides readily concede that he has put job creation ahead of cleaning up the environment. His achievements in improving education have won justified, though a bit excessive, praise. His welfare reforms, on the other hand, while well conceived, have suffered from a lack of follow-through...
Publishers, however, say that access is not a God-given right. "The entire industry benefits from this," says Platt. "The whole publishing process is based on the idea of intellectual property. The creator needs an incentive for that creation...
Finally, the redefined curriculum approves the creation of an optional minor. The minor will not affect the majority of currently enrolled Dartmouth students, although first-years may be able to take advantage of the option...
...dramatic energy and fervor that complement it musical prowess. Little things like giving the play a contemporary feel to enhance its comic impact by using devices like a Where's Joseph instead of Where's Waldo book. The dramatic impact of the final scene relies on its seemingly effortless creation of a golden chariot. It substitutes people for the animals and parts of the chariot, glitter paper for the reins and a golden umbrella for the wheel--a fascinating achievement...