Word: handicaps
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...called boy crisis will hamper achievement by girls in the classroom. But education is not a zero-sum game. Boys and girls thrive under different conditions, and it's time we accommodate the learning styles of both. In a global competition for talent, we cannot afford to handicap any of our children...
...testified before both houses of Congress, recommending policies and warning the lawmakers that the Alliance for Climate Protection, his nonprofit advocacy group, will be running ads in their districts next year. He has been meeting privately with the presidential candidates (but won't talk about the meetings or handicap the race). He has trained a small army of volunteers to give his slide show all over the world. And on July 7, he will preside over Live Earth, producer Kevin Wall's televised global rock festival (nine concerts on seven continents in a single day), designed to get 2 billion...
...said. The dust resulted from ongoing construction to make the House more accessible for disabled students, according to Robert Mitchell, spokesman for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The construction, which began over spring break and will proceed through the summer holiday, will make Quincy one of the most handicap-accessible Houses along with Currier and Pforzheimer. Even with Quincy dining hall’s temporary closure, students did not have a hard time finding alternative sources of food. “The other houses aren’t that far away,” said Tina...
What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines? To leap over handicap-access ramps like Donkey Kong? The answer is parkour, a jaw-dropping hybrid of gymnastics and cross-country running that is equal parts Spider-Man whimsy and hard-core stamina. The word is derived from the French term for obstacle course, and like it or not, U.S. college campuses are becoming hot spots for this exhilarating new breed of steeplechase--horse-free and adaptable to any setting. Google parkour, campus and map, and you'll find, among some 58,000 results, an annotated parkour...
With the completion of the construction, Quincy will join Currier and Pforzheimer as the most handicap accessible Houses, University Disability Coordinator Marie Trottier said...