Word: hosted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...FIRE ME--I'M BACK!" Sweet-'n'-sour talk-show host Charles Grodin, dropped from the CNBC lineup on June 4, was added to the MSNBC weekend schedule on July 14. "When was the last time somebody was fired and hired by the same place?" he asked. Sorry, Chuck--it happens all the time...
Perhaps Green's greatest discovery was a white cell that defends the lungs against environmental agents. The discovery has spawned a host of studies that continue...
Winston Churchill was so taken with the band in wartime that he sat in the rain with his White House host, Franklin Roosevelt, and sang the verses of the Battle Hymn of the Republic...
Once, when George Bush and President Clinton were seated on either side of the host at one of those dreadful Washington dinners, rescued only by the glorious ring of the Marine Band, Bush leaned over to the host and whispered, "The thing I miss most about the White House is the Marine Band." A moment later, Clinton, from the other side, confided to the same man, "The thing I enjoy most about being President is the Marine Band...
...does it take so long to fire bad teachers? Each state is different, but most award educators lifetime job protection after just three years on the job. Tenure gives teachers faced with termination a host of stalling tactics--principals seeking to dismiss them must usually file several written reports, wait a year for improvement, file additional poor evaluations, appear at a hearing and perhaps even show up in court to defend the firing. In the meantime, the teacher still gets paid, as does a substitute. And of course the district must spend thousands to pay the lawyers. Not surprisingly, very...