Word: developed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DEPARTING. GEORGE CLOONEY, 37, sexy pediatrician Doug Ross on NBC's ER, for CBS after next season; to develop a new series and TV films in conjunction with Warner Bros. TV. No word on whether he will star in the projects...
That's actually good to know. As a TOEFL and SAT tutor to several Japanese students who hope to attend American colleges, I am learning to develop more structured lesson plans; my students look at me blankly when I ask them if they'd prefer to review analogies or sentence completions at the beginning of the session. I'm not about to start "shaming" my students who perform poorly on a practice test, but I am beginning to understand why the student gets absolutely frustrated with himself (no girls being taught here--male chauvinism in Japan is a whole other...
...Beijing, which begins today. "The U.S. is never going to be able to tell China what to do," says Branegan. "But we will be able to influence events there if we deal with the country on an ongoing basis. It's unquestionably in the U.S. national interest to develop that influence -- that is the White House rationale for the China trip...
...have vied for Ella's job; Ian McAllister, head of the Economics Department and a staunch opponent of Ella's policies, and Leo Barrett, Harvard's newest president with a past to which only Ella was privy. Diverse though these characters may seem, the author makes little effort to develop their behaviors or idiosyncrasies in either a compelling or interesting way. Each suspect becomes interchangeable with the next, any of whom could have committed the crime. The reader is left bored and impatient in the process...
...What do the buyers get? A stock certificate that says all-stars Sandy Alomar and David Justice work for them now. But of course we know that athletes work for themselves. So all that the shareholders really get is a fancy sheet of paper that may or may not develop collectible value. There's little else to underpin the stock--no dividend, no earnings, no free tickets, no say. (If shareholders had a say--a vote, that is--would they change the team's politically incorrect name and logo?) The franchise value promises to keep rising, and that helps...