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...When you first meet someone, look for a defining facial feature and then link it to the person's name--the more absurdly, the better. If you meet a Mr. Kannen who has prominent ears, suggests Lorayne, picture a cannon shooting off the ears. If you meet a Mr. Hamper with a wide mouth, picture filling the mouth with laundry. It's hard to say whether these peyote-button images will do much for your memory, but it's clear that Lorayne needs to work on his people skills...
...teachers, whatever their age or background, often have to cope with lack of support from administrators or parents, too many meetings, excessive bureaucracy and the nearly ubiquitous social ills--drugs, parental abuse or neglect--that harm children and hamper learning. Adjusting to the environment of a school and learning to balance all the demands, says Long Beach teacher Cutler, can take three-to-five years. "You have to be prepared for that learning curve...
Vali D. Chandrasekaran '03, a Gore supporter who volunteered for the rally, said the disruption did not hamper excitement about Gore's visit...
...guess I'll just list everything else I have: Pooh desk lamp, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore pencil, pen, crayon, and marker holders, Pooh eraser, Pooh glue stick, Pooh mousepad, 2 Hanging Pooh head pillows, Hanging Tigger head pillow, Pooh trash can, Pooh tissue box, 4 Pooh clocks, Pooh hamper, 5 Pooh picture frames, 2 Pooh Piggy Banks, A Few Pooh Magnets, Figures of all the Pooh characters, Tons of dolls of all the Pooh characters, A Pooh shower curtain (for the closet), Pooh dishware and flatware, Pooh Christmas lights (though not exactly for Christmas), Pooh towel, Pooh night light...
...second city, Gudermes, only to find its Chechen defenders already gone. "Chechen sources say most of their fighters are retreating into the mountains and drawing Russia into the cities as winter sets in," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "They see it as a trap, because winter will hamper the Russian attack helicopters and allow the Chechens to wage a more effective guerrilla campaign." Then again, Russian commanders may be tempted to test whether the Chechens' by now familiar "We have not yet begun to fight" mantra isn't simply bravado designed to cover up heavy losses...