Word: firm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lewinsky matter. But according to an Oct. 4 article in the New York Times, word about the Clinton-Lewinsky connection actually came to Starr the previous week by way of a group of conservative lawyers that included Richard Porter, a partner in Kirkland & Ellis, Starr's own law firm in Chicago...
...cruise missiles; fighter-bombers would have to go hunting for them. Second, after the Tomahawks take their shots at the air defenses and command and communications centers in Kosovo, there is to be a pause of a few days to let Milosevic rethink his defiance. If he stands firm, will NATO have the political will to launch the second-stage attack, with hundreds of planes blasting military targets all over Kosovo and Serbia...
...spent nearly three years on best-seller lists, triggered a surge of creative solutions. A corporate-sponsored program, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, spread across the U.S. in an effort to encourage girls to examine varied careers. In Lincoln, Neb., teacher Jane Edwards partners with a local architectural firm to challenge high school girls to use technology, math and science to solve design problems. In Aurora, Colo., middle school teacher Pam Schmidt has created Eocene Park, a paleontology field school that encourages girls to explore this traditionally male-dominated science...
...cognitive psychologists and educational researchers tend to give Gardner high praise for helping the public understand that intelligence is multifaceted, and MI has undoubtedly helped teachers understand and value the various talents a child has. Nevertheless, evidence for the specifics of Gardner theory is weak, and there is no firm research showing that its practical applications have been effective. No one says that using MI in schools is directly injurious. The danger is that it leads to wasted time, to an emphasis on less important skills and to a false sense that learning has taken place when...
...average annual salary of $2.6 million, want to retain the ability to earn unlimited pay as free agents. "There is no reason why we should be restricted in what we're making while the owners are cashing in," says Chicago Bulls guard Steve Kerr. The owners insist on a firm salary cap for each team, to reduce the share of revenue that goes to players. (Last year it was 57% of about $1.7 billion.) To that end, the owners have proposed phasing out the so-called Larry Bird exception, which lets each team break its salary cap ($26.9 million...