Word: insistences
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to consider giving your children ID cards with medical and hotel information plus emergency contact numbers in case anyone in your party gets injured or lost. (Babies' and toddlers' cards can be attached to car seats and strollers.) While some experts insist that ID cards can help kids find their way back to safety, others caution that such information can give families a false sense of security, and in the wrong hands, could do more harm than good. Whatever you decide, it's critical to orient your child to each new location along your route, brief him on what...
...self-esteem damaged and her determination waning, Walker is close to becoming a casualty in the war on social promotion in America's public schools. The idea driving the assault--that the performance of students can be improved if schools establish standards and insist that kids meet them before moving on to the next grade--has a simple, sound-bite toughness. It appeals to parents and teachers at a time when frustration with student underachievement is boiling over. Distressing test results released this spring in states like Louisiana (where 40% of eighth-graders flunked the state's exam in math...
...acquaintances, it is as though I've acquired a strange disease they've only heard about. "What does it feel like?" they ask. "Are you scared?" Or they take on the reassuring tone of a healthy friend offering optimistic assurance. "Don't worry. You'll be fine," they insist. "I'm sure it will all work out. You'll be okay, I know...
...fine." Or, "My cousin didn't have a job by the time of Commencement. Now he's married and works at Goldman!" Still others don't seem to have heard of the disease. Frequently it takes several tries to explain my condition. "So you're taking time off," they insist repeatedly. "Not exactly," I say, "since it's not really time off from anything." "Oh," they respond, with a blank, lost stare...
...this unique combination of brilliance and empathy that friends insist makes Lan so special. "Iris is so brilliant," the Blackstocks both say. But at the same time, "she finds special things about everyone, even if it's the silliest or most insignificant thing to you. She's someone I know I'll be in touch with for the rest of my life...