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Word: developement (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to Wilson, "Evolutionary Biology" departs most radically from Gen Ed because it teaches students how to assemble knowledge, not memorize the facts and principles accrued in an academic discipline. His course will develop this feature of the Core by "attempting to present one branch of science as a creative activity," he explains...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Professors Flesh Out the Core | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Even Restic is plagued with "its." "If our defense can get the job done, and if we can develop a kicking game it will take the pressure off our offense," he said. That will help...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Women Return With Ivy Championship to Boot | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...Richards became a proponent of Basic English, a simplified form of the language designed to be learned quickly. He taught in China from 1929 to 1931, and returned there last spring to help develop a teacher-training program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I. A. Richards, Literary Critic, Dies at 86 | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...Ever since, sex-change operations have been performed routinely as a cure for serious sexual identity problems. Males were treated with hormones that encouraged loss of facial hair and growth of breasts; subsequent surgery transformed the scrotum and penis into a functioning vagina. In females, hormones were given to develop masculine characteristics, followed by the implantation of an artificial phallus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Role Reversal | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...story simply for the shock of incest forget that it is also about sacrifice and love. Similarly, The Time of Friendship can be mistaken for a bleak vision of estrangement. On one of her annual visits to the Sahara, a Swiss schoolteacher befriends a poor young Muslim boy. They develop a bond that the teacher hopes will lead to mutual understanding. Their differences remain too great, as the teacher learns: "She had assumed that somehow his association with her had automatically been for his ultimate good, that inevitably he had been undergoing a process of improvement as a result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Steps off the Beaten Path | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

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