Word: instruct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fault.' " Fortunately for Tartikoff, one night in the dead of that bleak winter his baby daughter was crying, and Dad decided to keep Mom company. He switched on The Tonight Show, where Dr. William H. Cosby, Ed.D. (U. Mass.) was telling a story about middle- aged parents trying to instruct their kids in the facts of life. Next morning, Tartikoff phoned Cosby's agent and floated yet another of his brainstorming haiku: "A black Family Ties." The following autumn The Cosby Show became the first sitcom smash since Mork & Mindy in 1978, cemented NBC's Thursday-night schedule, and propelled...
Gingerich is one of a rare breed of professors who take the time to sculpt their courses so that they entertain as well as instruct...
Gingerich is one of a rare breed of professors who take the time to sculpt their courses so that they entertain as well as instruct...
...occupied West Bank, estimates that nearly half of San Francisco's 1,100 small groceries are run by his compatriots. A number of the stores are in distressed areas that the previous owners were eager to leave. The newcomers are helped by old-timers who co-sign loans and instruct the arrivals in the need for putting in long days. Says Mogannam, who has owned 15 groceries: "The wife, the little kid can work behind the cash register. You use your family. How else are you going to make...
Gingerich is one of a rare breed of professors who take the time to sculpt their courses so that they entertain as well as instruct...