Word: homework
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Children complete homework, play with drums and tear around the room. Then five minutes later, they change their minds for some other activity that they have deemed more exciting...
Culkin family values were on display as Macaulay Culkin, 15 and last seen onscreen in the bomb Richie Rich, was slapped by his father Kit Culkin for reportedly refusing to do homework. Pat Brentrup, Kit's estranged companion and Mac's mom, then marched in with the cops. The trio headed for family court, where a truce was patched...
...music for the American mid-century. Sometimes, as in State Fair (originally written for Hollywood, now on view in a tatty theatrical version notable only as a showcase for Broadway's snazziest dancer, Scott Wise), the score is so wholesome that it practically cleans your teeth and does your homework while you hear it. But The King and I is smarter stuff, with perfect Rodgers ballads like Something Wonderful, beautifully sung here by the largely Asian cast...
Akiko Tsutsui, a 10-year-old fifth-grader, gets out of school at 3:30 p.m. and goes straight home to have a snack and do her homework. Three afternoons a week she leaves again at 4:45 for a juku session that lasts from 5:10 to 10:00. For almost the entire class, Akiko will listen to tutors explain how to answer test questions and will practice taking them herself. She sometimes attends all day on Sunday for extra help. The classes give Akiko a better chance of getting into a local private junior high school, and that...
...example, he says that the council should have done some more homework in preparing a recent bill calling for extended hours in the Tex-Mex restaurant in Loker Commons...