Word: cure
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...fact is that the media which serve the general public have failed in their journalistic responsibilities. No amount of journalism school graduates will cure the trend. No amount of academic moralizing will affect the press. Why? The media--large and small outlets alike, and in all forms--are increasingly being concentrated in the hands of a few corporations who have as their bottom line the bottom line. Profits, baby, are the name of the game. And as Steve Coz, Russell Turiak and even Marty Singer know, sex, drugs, money and all other prurient interests sell. (That's why the seven...
With amazing prescience, Chall foresaw what would happen if phonics instruction was taken too far. "[W]e will be confronted in 10 or 20 years with another best seller: Why Robert Can't Read. The culprit in this angry book will be the 'prevailing' [phonics] approach... The suggested cure will be a 'natural' approach--one that teaches whole words and emphasizes reading for meaning and appreciation at the very beginning." The rise of whole language perfectly corresponds to this scenario...
...instrumental which still manages to sound menacing. Perhaps the most interesting track on the album is "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball," which can only be described as the sound of a crazed ball lost somewhere inside a monstrous machine. On some tracks, James lets his considerable pop sensibilities shine through. "To Cure a Weakling Child, Contour Regard" would not sound out of place on a cutting edge electronica compilation, and even manages to sound poppy and funky while being totally original...
...infection, yet most people aren't aware that they are coming down with a cold until a few days after they have been exposed. And since colds are relatively minor nuisances from which most patients recover on their own, drugmakers have an extra burden to prove that their cure isn't more hazardous than the disease. "In our small study group we didn't see any side effects," Turner notes. "But if you give it to a million people, you might find a different answer...
These perfect fall days make me sad, and there have been so many of them lately in Minnesota. My cure for sadness is, first, to clean off my glasses and, second, to take a fast ride on a bicycle. If that doesn't work, I go to Murray's. The next step is to join the Men in Their 50s Coping with Melancholy group, and I've never had to do that...