Word: developable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...opportunity for the Democrats to develop a new, powerful policy agenda is here. Current House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt has announced he will not seek to lead the Democrats in the House again, leaving the position open for a new leader to reinvigorate Democratic representatives with a dynamic, positive agenda. Instead of bowing to Republican ideas and swallowing the president’s tax cut and war on Iraq, Democrats must forcefully advocate their own vision for America’s future. They must be willing to take courageous and controversial positions, accepting the risk of temporary unpopularity...
...only way they will develop an agenda that’s progressive is if we vote Green,” Stein told supporters in a rally held last night on Harvard’s campus. (Please see front page story...
...added that it is less likely that people will turn to violence when they develop a sense of community, which is often increased through networks...
...office helps people develop options to deal with their problems in a confidential manner. A visitor’s wish about which option to choose is respected except in extreme circumstances when there is imminent risk of serious harm and there seem to be no alternatives other than the ombudsperson taking some action. How the office functions is made explicit at the on-set of every meeting with a thorough explanation about what the office can and cannot do. The majority of my more than 600 visitors last year chose the option of dealing directly with the parties involved with...
...where, you ask, would an academic develop teaching skills? Labs and libraries are not a mecca of social skill and public speaking ability. “They should learn in school,” you say? Yes, they should. But most graduate programs require extra semesters and tuition to complete a college-level teaching certificate, an unlikely choice for a starving graduate student eager to obtain university status with a brilliant dissertation. And we all know how successful required TF positions are for graduate students with no teaching talent whatsoever...