Word: expanders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Peer tutoring "provides students with opportunities to compensate for differential levels of preparation for courses, to expand their knowledge base, and to ensure a solid grasp of course material through an individually adjusted learning pace," Ducey said...
...first case, the advisory panel recommended that the FDA expand its current approval of the breast-cancer drug tamoxifen to include women who don't have the disease but are at high risk of developing it. The panel did not endorse the idea, however, that tamoxifen actually "prevents" breast cancer, saying only that it might help reduce the risk over the short term. In the second, more straightforward decision, the panel urged approval of herceptin, a gene-based treatment for some forms of advanced breast cancer...
...must renovate, expand and modernize our public school facilities. I propose a $22 billion school construction and expansion program to renovate the classrooms we already have and to reduce class sizes, and a $7.5 billion education technology program to put calculators, computers and Internet access in every classroom...
Personal ads can make for interesting reading. Brief, often disjointed attempts at self-description, the ads aim to present an entire person by mentioning several characteristics and interests. Now, imagine the typical personal ad. Expand it to 10, maybe 20 pages. Replace the desire to impress with a commitment to candor. Picture the ad being written by someone who aspires to be a professional writer. In such a transformation every characteristic, every interest that would be presented in the shorter ad, will be explained, analyzed, connected to other traits, to past experiences, to future aspirations. Put together twenty of these...
...More girls are competing in sports than ever before, and they have a strong incentive to seek any edge they can. Since 1972, the Federal Government has required colleges and universities to expand women's athletic scholarships to reflect more closely the number of women athletes. The number of full scholarships grew from 0 (yes, zero) in 1972 to nearly 20,000 in 1997. According to Charles Yesalis, a professor of sports science and senior author of the Penn State report, many young women view steroid use as a straightforward investment in their future. "Most of the time, after...