Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LACHAPOR KHUN RU CHAI (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON?), Thailand. Three sad, dangerous or embarrassing episodes of a celebrity guest's life are recounted. The star's friends have to guess which one the guest regrets most...
...with actor Tom Berenger (center, with his wife). Next month the agency's new venture-capital firm, In-Q-It (the Q refers to James Bond's gadgetmaker), plans to set up shop in Silicon Valley to provide seed money to techno-geeks with intelligence ideas. Does George Bush know about this...
...rare occasion when Erica or Monica flounders? "If they have trouble, I'm there to help them; their father's there to help them; they can go to a coaching class; we can get them a tutor," says Brenda. "They know they're responsible for their grades and their classwork and their homework, but they also know we're here for them." With parents who support them in their struggles and celebrate their successes, Erica and Monica face the challenges of school with confidence and curiosity. Says Brenda: "They'll make comments like, 'This class is a lot of work...
Americans studying in Canada may find that friends back home are ignorant of all but a few Canadian schools, like McGill. Fortunately, those who count--graduate-admissions deans and corporate recruiters--know better. A Canadian university degree is welcome at such top U.S. graduate schools as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the University of Chicago and M.I.T. Major U.S. corporations such as IBM, Ford Motor and Arthur Andersen increasingly recruit at Canadian schools. Graduates of the University of Waterloo, with its world-class math and computer-science programs, are recruited by Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Oracle. Film- production students at Concordia University...
British universities best suit those who have already decided what they want to learn, because at those schools students take courses in only one subject during their three-year bachelor program. "If you really know what path you want to take in life," observes Polner, now in her final year at York, "then it's a great way to do it." While Oxford student Graef Allen, 20, sometimes misses the art and music electives she might have taken at home, she appreciates Oxford's tutorial system and being able to "do a lot specialized stuff" in her field, biochemistry...