Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense is that fewer of the incoming freshmen felt the need to work," says Martha H. Homer, director of student employment...
...showing how many loops of each color they had. Then they made a necklace of the loops and, finally, ate them. When schools can nurture such comprehensive learning in small groups, experts say the results can be excellent (even when the kids eat the lesson). But for schools with fewer resources, teachers have to do much more instructing from the front of the class and employ methods they describe as "drill and kill"--because they often kill the kids' enthusiasm...
...Many people tend to trivialize the role of labor in the media," Boggs said. "The concentration of mass media in fewer and fewer hands leads to fewer voices being heard, especially minority-owned or viewed television stations...
...haven't participated recently because there are fewer candidates that I have anything in common with and because of the pressures of time," he says...
...question now is can we continue to do a great job with fewer people?" Armini says. "I think we can. Maybe the days will be a little bit longer. But there can be a benefit to having a leaner operation...