Word: inners
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...much a man's world. MacNeil found herself excluded from tastings and was once left waiting for three hours at an airport by Spanish winemakers who, unaccustomed to the idea of a woman wine writer, overlooked her in the terminal. But dogged perseverance finally got her admitted to the inner circle of wine critics, and in 1991 she signed a contract to write a book on wine for Workman Publishing Co. in New York City. MacNeil ended up spending 10 years on the project, producing the 900-plus-page Wine Bible in 2001. The book, which covers in an unpretentious...
...reform" is passed, there's a nice bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, various pols (including the President) get to take credit, but nothing really changes ... except for the accretion of another sedimentary layer of semi-powerless bureaucracy. In truth, it is impossible for Congress to reorganize the inner workings of the Executive Branch without the full support of the President, and I'm not so sure George Bush really favored either one of the attempted reforms...
...hours on Friday evening, several hundred undergraduates—and a few deans—unleashed their inner fifth graders to compete in Harvard’s first dodgeball tournament...
This initial rejection sets the stage for further problems. The poor advising systems in place in many inner-city high schools throughout the country result in many students choosing not to continue on to college—even if they graduate from high school. Some guidance counselors do not provide students with adequate preparation for college, condoning actions such as a student taking four gym periods in his or her schedule. At the same time, there are guidance counselors who actively discourage students from attending college. Even if they do encourage them to apply, it is not a rarity...
...Even inner-city students who do make it to college often find themselves at a disadvantage. Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn is working to deal with this problem. It created a new freshman orientation for black male students, taught by the college president and his assistant. The goal of the program is to encourage students to stay in school and finish college—a major concern, as only 35 percent of black men who enrolled in NCAA Division I colleges in 1996 graduated in six years, compared with 59 percent of white men and 46 percent of Hispanic...