Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard coach Ronn Tomassoni, who is usually clad in a suit and tie for each game, substituted his more formal attire for a sweatsuit. Tomassoni's lack of formal wear was indicative of the laid-back atmosphere...
...services and the lack of legal recourse. "No one feels free to talk," says Abdul-Hadi. "Even during the intifadeh [the 1987-94 Palestinian uprising] we could speak more freely." Since the Authority took control, about 1,500 people, most described as Arafat opponents, have been detained, often without formal charges. A State High Security Court, whose legal foundation is the revolutionary code that the Palestine Liberation Organization adopted in Lebanon in 1979, has tried at least two dozen Palestinians and handed down harsh sentences. "There's been no improvement in human rights--except for the decline in violence toward...
Nowhere has the transformation been as dramatic and tense as in Wausau's school system, where today 30% of elementary students are Southeast Asian. Yet there is no formal bilingual program in Wausau because there are virtually no certified Hmong-speaking teachers. So the school system has relied on teaching English with assistance from bilingual aides, who step in to make the transition to the new language easier. But as the vast majority of Hmong children became concentrated in four of the district's 13 elementary schools, test scores showed the immigrant children were not keeping up with their...
...Director of Best Buddies; U.C., Chairman of Campus Life Committee; Junior Parent Weekend Committee; Harvard Model Congress; Coordinator, Class of '96 Freshman Formal...
CLUH plans to release a formal statement on its position sometime next week...