Word: guardedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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At Waterstone's in Birmingham, it was in a cage guarded by two mannequins dressed like Men in Black. At Blackwell's Children's Bookshop in Oxford, the staff tried chaining it up in the window for a few days, but kids kept borrowing stools and climbing in for a...
It is not enough to put an end to social promotion and make students repeat grades [EDUCATION, June 14]. We must also overcome the boundaries so carefully guarded by territorial educators and the makers of achievement tests. My 20-plus years of working with poorly skilled teens tell me that...
In April, after months of guarded negotiations,Radcliffe and Harvard announced their intent tomerge. As a result, Radcliffe will officiallyrelinquish its "college" status sometime thissummer to become the Radcliffe Institute forAdvanced Study, a division of the University onpar with the nine faculties.CrimsonDavid ChewDEAN OF THE COLLEGE HARRY R. LEWIS
Wilson is cautious beyond measure, as guarded with the press as she is with all but her closest friends. She answers pointed questions with a mixture of stock phrases and abstractions. Wilson recently described her 10-year-long presidency at a full Faculty meeting as "a multidimensional inclined plane."
Since the data indicated a trend showing blocking groups becoming increasingly diverse, Masters and administrators responded to the news with guarded optimism.