Search Details

Word: jobses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

In the sixth-grade humanities class at New York City's Mott Hall, the noise level has reached cacophony. It's mostly animated chatter among the students as they put final touches on oral reports they will deliver in a few minutes. But another sound adds to the din: the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning By Laptop | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--Many of the University's Asian students face a serious problem: Their funds for school are drying up. Because of the collapse of several Asian currencies, the dollar value of money sent to students by their families has declined. If American students faced a similar problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ASIAN STUDENTS NEED UNIVERSITY SUPPORT | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

While students affected by the crash are caught in a web of unfriendly federal rules, pressure is on schools to find their own solutions. A special Korean Student Association meeting recently suggested making available long-term loans with low interest rates and increasing hiring of international students in academic departments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ASIAN STUDENTS NEED UNIVERSITY SUPPORT | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

Many seem to skirt the "So what" and assume rising grades are a problem. Critics both within and outside the academy claim grade inflation is a byproduct of a society uncomfortable with rejection, lacking in moral fiber and dedicated to the maxim that the customer is always right--a society...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Let It Bleed | 2/25/1998 | See Source »

TIME correspondent Bruce Van Voorst believes December?s 9-year-record trade deficit is a sign of things to come, plummeting Asian currencies send a tsunami of cheap imports towards America, while Japan's failure to stimulate its domestic demand and absorb some of Asia's exports exacerbates the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Asian Specter | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

Previous | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | Next