Word: isn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...different schools so they will not fall back to their private communication, they speak jerky, passable English. But they are woefully behind in social and emotional development. "I keep reading that they are so normal now," says Catherine Pope, Ginny's instructor at Ross Elementary School. "It simply isn't true." Gracie can repeat a sentence "imbedded" with a clause and add numbers up to a total of five, sometimes higher. Both girls have motor-coordination problems. One of Ginny's teachers discovered that she lacks what Jean Piaget defines as "object permanence," the developmental stage...
...than he really has. At worst, without putting his own good name at risk, an official may be floating a trial balloon, scoring off a rival or planting wrong information. The bargain may seem an evenhanded one-my increased candor in exchange for your protecting my identity-but it isn't. A strange transference takes place: the responsibility for the authenticity of what is said shifts from the speaker to the person who prints and guarantees it. Editors can't live without the unnamed authority but aren't happy about depending...
...music is charming, heart-warming and endearing, carrying the album, especially when the Pope isn't singing. Grin and bear it in the Christian spirit. Appreciate it for the moments when you can hear the Pope warbling away. He has a very appealing voice...charming...he's especially hear-warming and endearing during "On a December Night." A very convincing account of the birth of Jesus...
...that's what Christmas is all about, isn't it? Television lives off the advertisers and advertisers live off the Christmas season. And since Christmas does not come during the "sweep" weeks--the times when the Nielsen ratings determine the prices for advertising time--the networks just let loose with every possible angle to lubricate the wallets of its viewers...
...been a long night for the young Longhorns, rich with freshman inexperience. "I never had a team with so many freshmen," Lemons said. "This isn't a game for freshmen. They oughta be home washing their socks or something...