Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected to double next year...
...best institution for raising children is a husband and wife, a man and a lady married," said King, who has served on the Georgia legislature...
...used to going a point down before singles play, Harvard had to settle down and capture four of six singles matches to get the tickets to Georgia...
Harvard had reached the Round of 16 in each of the last three years, including a near upset of the third seed Georgia Bull-dogs in last year's quarterfinals...
...business made such a case, it might have been able to hang on to a proven performer like Valjeanne Estes. A graduate of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, with a master's in engineering from Georgia Tech, Estes, 36, worked in the booming telecommunications industry before heading for her M.B.A. Upon graduation from Fuqua, she interviewed with MCI and SkyTel. "But I wanted something that reflected my priorities, and I didn't see that in the corporate world," Estes says. She eventually became coordinator of a summer camp devoted to teaching girls about economic independence, putting some...