Word: giftedness
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But it was biology that beckoned the gifted Oak Park, Ill., teenager. Encouraged by Fred Meins, one of his professors at the University of Illinois, to try his hand at lab work, Thomson became intrigued by the mysteries of early development--the burst of biological activity when the fertilized egg...
It is so tempting to accept the cartoon version of modern boomer parenting that it is easy to miss the passionate debate underneath it. Leave aside the extremes, the lazy parents who set no bounds and the gifted ones who are naturally wise when it comes to kids. In between...
Still, to hear Powell praising the "gifted" Chinese leadership and stressing cooperation with Beijing might well have caused something of a disconnect for many Americans more accustomed to hearing the Bush team describe China in more menacing tones. That may have been the political purpose of Secretary Powell's joint...
DIED. GUNTHER GEBEL-WILLIAMS, 66, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus animal trainer; of cancer; in Venice, Fla. Gebel-Williams, the best-known animal trainer in the world, diminutive at 5 ft. 4 in., trained tigers and leopards to jump through flaming hoops and wrap their bodies around his neck...
Senior VES Lecturer Robert Gardner who founded the film center remembered Rogers as a gifted teacher who persuaded students to pursue careers in film and brought them to the center.