Search Details

Word: dealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...adversaries who deal insolently with...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Secrets and Lies | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

Currie said this makes Rice more accessible. "This way we can attract and provide an education for absolutely wonderful students who would otherwise have to go to a state school or take on a great deal of debt," he said, though he added that this is just one way to finance a school...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Growth Has muted Effects | 10/7/1997 | See Source »

Last November, ACT Inc. filed a federal lawsuit against Sylvan Learning Systems for making a deal with the Chauncy Group, a for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit ETS. Sylvan Learning Systems and the Chauncy Group had made a deal so that they could offer students the computer-based GRE (ETS otherwise lacks the computers to offer the test nationwide...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: ETS: Educational Testing Scam | 10/7/1997 | See Source »

...problem with the deal was that Sylvan Learning Systems now had unfair control over educational testing by making a deal with a non-profit. Furthermore, other critics point out that ETS still maintains status as a nonprofit while making revenues of $411 million a year. So that's where our test-taking fees end up. But what few people have focused on, and what is most astounding, is that ETS has started to market its own test preparation guides. They even use the slogan-would you believe this?!- "we prepare the tests, let us help prepare you." And although...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: ETS: Educational Testing Scam | 10/7/1997 | See Source »

...crisis sparked by Mossad's botched assassination attempt on a Hamas leader in Jordan. Hamas itself is buoyant. The real loser from the incident appears to be Yasser Arafat. As the hapless Mossad hit men returned home Monday, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin ? released as part of the same deal ? was welcomed in Gaza by tens of thousands of Palestinians. Arafat now has either to seek coexistence with Hamas ? and earn the ire of Israel and the U.S.? or to confront an adversary growing in power and influence. ?Arafat?s room for maneuver is greatly limited,? says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas Debacle Hurts Arafat | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Previous | 479 | 480 | 481 | 482 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 486 | 487 | 488 | 489 | 490 | 491 | 492 | 493 | 494 | 495 | 496 | 497 | 498 | 499 | Next