Word: houstons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...befouled the dignity of the presidency . . . ridicule and sarcasm from right-wing sermonizers would still be echoing." But the press assault on the trip was not unanimous. "That some of the men buried at Bitburg were members of the SS . . . does not make the visit less proper," argued the Houston Post. "Those men are dead, killed fighting as regular troops . . . Death does not distinguish among them, any more than it distinguishes them from Nazi victims." The cemetery stop, contended the Atlanta Constitution, demonstrates "this President's desire to put the atrocities and tensions of the past behind him and shift...
...states, where in many cases declining pupil populations have prevented a teacher shortage. The city of Modesto, Calif., this spring set up eleven recruiting centers in hotels from Massachusetts to Washington State. Georgia, although its shortage is still minor, has imported math and science teachers from West Germany. The Houston independent school district foraged all spring for 500 teachers as far north as Vancouver, only to discover that more than 100 new vacancies had opened while the bountymen were out hunting. In fact, Houston recruiters are even looking to Ireland, which is emerging as a source of Spanish-speaking bilingual...
...head off possible spot shortages in math and science, provided the recipients will teach in the New York school system. Florida is handing out $4,000 yearly scholarships to college students in return for each year of teaching in subjects where there is a shortage. Houston has created salary add-ons that will allow top teachers to come in at as much as $32,000 to handle such critical assignments as bilingual education in depressed, inner-city schools. And last month the California commission on the teaching profession began consideration of two long-range programs to lure and hold crack...
...Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion last week of Nolan Ryan's unmatched milestone. A crowd of more than 20,000, including Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, gave the Houston Astros pitcher a two-minute standing ovation when he reached four grand. Ryan, 38, chalked up four more batters before leaving the game in the seventh inning. (The Astros won 4-3.) That 4,004 K mark is 96 ahead of his nearest rival, Philadelphia's Steve Carlton, currently sidelined...
...words," she said after Vice President George Bush pronounced her "the teacher with the right stuff." A field of 10,000 applicants for a seat aboard the space shuttle Challenger was narrowed to ten educators, who apparently became a close-knit group during testing early this month in Houston. "When that shuttle goes, there may be one body," said McAuliffe, choking up, "but there are ten souls that I am taking with me." McAuliffe, 36, married to a lawyer (they have two children), teaches social science at Concord High School in New Hampshire. To "humanize the technology of the space...