Word: learner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quick learner, Campbell wrestled a tougher match the next time the two went to the mat. The control situations rocked back and forth before the Crimson grappler almost pinned the veteran. After that the more experienced Barone relied on a conservative series of moves to score the takedowns that enabled him to post a 7-6 win over second-place Campbell...
...could easily have been richer and more firmly developed. But Tom Berenger and William Katt are persuasive as the younger look-alikes of Newman and Redford (the latter's mannerisms are even gently parodied by Katt). When the pair finally get down to robbing banks and trains, their learner's clumsiness strikes an endearing note...
...policy is Carter, for good or ill. He is reluctant to delegate authority and judges every issue on the merits of the case presented to him." And the President does tend to consider issues one by one. A senior Administration official asserts: "Although he's a very fast learner, he doesn't move easily from one concept to another. You can open one subject, and he'll quickly have it mastered. Then he'll master a second one. But he often doesn't see the relationship between one and another, despite a really first-class...
...adult education limited to the classroom, as one new guide to the field points out. The Lifelong Learner, by Ronald Gross, an adjunct associate professor at N.Y.U., chronicles a wealth of public library programs and television courses. And there is always, he adds, the old-fashioned correspondence course. One newfangled participant: Patty Hearst, who while appealing her bank robbery conviction is whiling away the hours with home-study courses...
...most disturbing slips from the true faith have been concessions to the privileged that gladden hearts in Wall Street and business, constituencies that true populists can never hope to win. Given more time and experience, he may compensate for those defections. He does not seem to be a slow learner...