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...schools to speed up the math progression, which will cause even more students to fall behind and become mathphobic. We should achieve our current standards before we up the ante; if students are already stumbling, the New SAT may cause them to fall flat on their faces. ABNER MINTZ Laurel...
...business, but we are determined that it not turn into serious business. We devise a mock Napoleonic "N" with a laurel wreath around it for the neck of the bottle. On the label we poke fun at the usual corny hype on our competitors' bottles with Nomen Vide Optima Expecta ("See the Name, Expect the Best"), Tutto Naturale, and in place of a copyright notice, we have "Appellation Newman Controlee." As a spoof of businesses that tout their ancestry, our slogan is "Fine Foods Since February...
Salem as a souvenir-selling freak parade actually has roots in the 19th century, according to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Phillips professor of early American history, who teaches several courses on colonial New England. “I’m not sure the commercialization of Salem is entirely new....A lot of what people see there now builds on popular ideas developed in the 19th century (125 years after the Salem witch trials),” she writes in an e-mail. “Nathaniel Hawthorne is, of course, the best known purveyor of that 19th century literary version...
Phillips Professor of History Laurel T. Ulrich was honored at the ceremony for her contributions to colonial and women’s history. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on her Diary, she commented on the diverse expertise of the inductees...
...distress, a father confessor to the Hollywood community. He chaired the National Society of This, the American Academy of That. He was laden with official honors: Lyndon Johnson gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Richard Nixon put him on his Enemies List. Peck received perhaps his sweetest laurel last week when the reclusive Lee, on hearing of his death, said, "Gregory Peck was a beautiful man. Atticus Finch gave him the opportunity to play himself...