Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lighting is the vital element in main-taming the illusion. Full-time Technical Director Carl Callaway, who has spent 38 of his 48 years working on the pageant, has mastered the art of creating an impression of flatness, the opposite of most canvas artists' aim. A brawny, cigar-chomping character who doubles as carpenter, electrician, painter and engineer, Callaway faces the major problem of lighting a show that is held after dark in a variety of weather conditions...
...another 40% are in "family day care," where a sitter outside the home cares for four to six children. "It is an open issue for children of every age," he says. Says Psychologist Michael Meyerhoff, who spent 13 years in the Harvard Pre-School Project: "If there is any element of choice, we've been trying to get people to be aware that the job they would be doing with their child is more important than any job outside the home. And you don't have to be a woman to be a good mother...
...agree with Israel that all 6,000 Palestinian soldiers in the Beirut area should be required to quit Lebanon. Washington contended that guerrillas who were prepared to surrender their arms should be permitted to remain in Lebanon as part of the Palestinian refugee population. The key element for the U.S. and the Lebanese was not Israel's call for a total eradication of the P.L.O. but an end to what one senior U.S. diplomat described as "armed enclaves in Lebanon...
...Holmes-Cooney title fight certainly was a genuine news story. It was an unpredictable match. With a white contender it had an element of novelty. And finally, boxing itself, of which the heavyweight title is the epitome, is enjoying a renaissance. Perhaps a TIME cover was in order. But to juxtapose this story next to one about a thoroughly mediocre movie is sheer gimmickry...
...certification and emphasis on a diploma and transcript has kept them from really enjoying college which is one of the most exciting experiences in life." Comments Roger Lehecka dean of students at Columbia: "These young people feel they must make career decisions immediately or be left out. This element of panic is unhealthy. They're making premature decisions." Northwestern Associate Provost John Margolis wishes for "a bit more willingness to try out unconventional ideas. These students are far less frivolous. They are also less joyous...