Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...letter to TIME, Catherine Crow wrote about being disgusted by high-heeled shoes [LETTERS, Oct. 6]. Yes, they are coming back into popularity, but they have never been out of fashion with me. Since I was 14 (and I'm now 70), I have favored stilettos. I wear flat shoes only around the house. Wearing flat heels constantly is not good for the feet. I hope we will see more women wearing high heels to show off their legs. BERYL WITT Pleasant City, Ohio...
Other notables were freshman Kerla Moore who nabbed two thirds, one over Novice Fences and Novice flat and sophomore Jaylaan Ahdmad-Lewellyn grabbed a fifth over Open fences...
Winthrop not only topped all competitors over Novice fences, but she also received a third-place nod on the Novice flat...
Choose smooth, flat areas and avoid busy roads or congested city areas. As in most sports which require maintaining your balance, you might have a fair share of falls the first day--that's where the pads come in. Don't forget to wear kneepads, elbow pads and a helmet if you're a beginner...
...Phonics," Goodman once wrote, "is a flat-earth view of the world, since it rejects modern science about reading and writing and how they develop." Apparently, though, it is the whole-language advocates who reject what modern science has to say about reading--which is that readers do attend to every letter, that phonics taught in isolation is effective and that poor readers rely on context, while good readers do not. Thus by encouraging guessing, a whole-language teacher is reinforcing a bad habit. As for the idea that written language is acquired as naturally as oral language, that...