Word: diversionism
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From Seattle to Cambridge, Mass., women and men, young and old, flock to bookstores, libraries and auditoriums to hear her blender treatise on the inner child, unlearning, relearning, the "Universal I" and the five senses. "The bottom line is that self-authority is the single most radical idea there is...
The 40 A.A.U.W. proposals offered last week lean toward such predictable remedies as improved teacher training or further studies and avoid bold proposals suggested by the research, such as sex-segregated math and science classes. Diane Ravitch, an Assistant Secretary of Education, complains that much of the report "is just...
Lucky the sport that the camera smiles on. Television's appetite for photogenic action is insatiable, and pursuits that were once mere cottage industries of athletics have been streamlined and glamorized for the diversion of millions of viewers.
"In reality, the reason we have sports is tocreate a diversion from the normal humdrum, to beenjoyed," Smith says. "I think that is one of thethings that I learned from watching Bill Cleary'sgreat Harvard teams. He coached with suchenjoyment and such effervescence that his teamstook on his personality, and...
Antwan gets his second break. The defender's office assigns his file to chief public defender David Fishkin, a gentle giant who looks like a bearded Ichabod Crane. More than anything else, Fishkin decides, efforts must be made to keep Antwan "out of the system" by placing him in a...