Word: math
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minimize such shocks of the new, the refreshment menu at most design sales offices goes easy on the alcohol. Nevertheless, the whole buying process remains a heady, intriguing, enervating and slightly intoxicating business. It can get all tangled up between low math, high fashion and rude stereotyping that becomes a way to identify-indeed, codify-the store's clientele. Bloomingdale's, launching a new addition in southwest Miami this August, is keeping its collective eye on the demographics. "We realize there is a very large Spanish-speaking population, from either Cuba or South American countries," says Bloomingdale...
...decision to change careers, Copas says money "wasn't the all-powerful, all-driving force. I think I can be a good teacher, and the nation needs good math and science teachers...
...program known as the Ed-Tech Center, funded by a $7.7 million Department of Education grant. The center studies how computers and other technology can be used to improve teaching of math and science...
...Math Maze ($39.95). This program by Designware of San Francisco drills children ages 6 to 11 on basic mathematical skills. A player is given a problem and then must guide a fly through a maze until he finds the right answer. If the player hesitates in making a decision, the number-seeking fly will be eaten by a hungry spider...
...initially encountered them as a seventh-grader in 1967 when the proceeds from a mothers' club rummage sale were used to buy a machine for Seattle's Lakeside School. Gates devised a class-scheduling program so that he could take courses with the prettiest girls. Recalls Lakeside Math Teacher Fred Wright: "Bill had the ability to see shortcuts...