Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...examining two main rationales seniors use and then looking for the underlying structural cause, I will argue that the high level of corporate recruiting is based in the shortcomings of the University rather than the greed of individual students...
...parents might regard as good news. Kids watched TV for an average of an hour and a half each weekday, the study found, a 25% decline since 1981. The drop parallels the Nielsen ratings, which show that TV viewership by kids ages 2 to 11 has reached its lowest level since...
...Often young children have a feeling, but no words for that feeling," says Jones. "So the first level is to help them build an emotional vocabulary that has some breadth." When disputes do arise, parents can help kids negotiate a resolution. "You have to allow the children to see the other child's perspective. Seeing someone else's side is at the heart of social competence," says Marano. "Let the kids come up with the solution. That way they're motivated to stick...
...plain old rip-offs. Says Albie Hecht of Nickelodeon, which conducted "parent-focused research" to broaden the project's salability: "We worked hard to make sure the themes appealed to adults as well as children." Adds Klasky: "A lot of adults would fall asleep if there were no 'second level.'" Translation: This ain't just kid stuff...
...this sounds like a pretty limited vision for the council, that's exactly the point. Aside from its discretionary power over everyone else's funding, the council stands on the same level as any other student group. Its best hope for legitimacy is to act as a successful liaison between universal undergraduate interests and the administration...