Word: intros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though he refused to go to parties or dances where people might see us together, he never hesitated to spend time and energy talking to me--listening to my problems and helping me work through them. He intro- duced me to his world--his house, his seniorfriends, his interests and passions. And he sharedhis own thoughts and feelings with...
...this episode so damning? Because it shows the subtleties of sexism that pervade the political process--from candidates to decision-makers to young powers-to-be in their intro gov classes...
...Here was a political leader casting doubt on women, and most of their class eagerly applauding him. It is alienating enough for these students to sit as the only woman in their section, or one of two or three women, as it usually is in Gov intro courses. Now they were insulted by a man they are supposed to look...
...gives the subject a chance to manipulate the conversation. The subject can filibuster, deftly evading a probing question. CBS had already produced a hard-hitting five-minute introduction examining Bush's contradictory claims about his Iran-contra role. Executive Producer Tom Bettag saw three options: run the five-minute intro on its own, kill the story or accede to Bush's conditions. Finally CBS agreed to do the interview live, and warned Bush's staff that Rather's questions were going to be tough and pointed...
...nobody does. Instead professors teach Core courses the way their professors taught intro-courses. Nobody knows whether teaching approaches to non-concentrators makes sense because nobody has done...