Word: meant
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...become. Still, if Bush's plan is largely symbolic, it's also sensible, offering coherent baby steps to lift the skills of America's neediest kids. Take his plan for Head Start, the popular preschool program that serves 850,000 disadvantaged children. While the 35-year-old program was meant to close the achievement gap between poor and middle-class toddlers, researchers agree it has brought no lasting gains. Most say that's because Head Start has become more of a day-care service stressing health and nutrition, not literacy, as well as a jobs program for local mothers...
...take 11 weeks at the end of the last spring season completely off due to a stress fracture in the upper neck of my femur," Moynihan said. "That just meant that my training this summer was slightly more cautious, and my mileage wasn't as high coming back in to the season. But the injury is completely recovered, and I hope that I will consistently improve throughout the season as my training becomes stronger...
...While the government and military leadership in Jakarta have vowed to cooperate with the peacekeeping mission, their previous promise to rein in the militia meant very little on the ground. "There are different power centers competing for control over Indonesia, and all decisions have to be negotiated among them," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. Jakarta has effectively admitted that it's lost control of at least some of its own forces in East Timor. The New York Times reports that General Prabowo Subianto, a close ally of the former dictator Suharto and a rival to current military leader General...
...used the phrase "Let's make some money" three more times than any other agent. I also liked how the very attractive receptionist asked if I'd like to be validated. I told her I thought I already was and threw in the word "baby." She said she meant my parking. I figured if I came back, the Moonlighting-esque banter might continue...
Getting ready to go back to school in the good old days of, say, 1997 meant a few trips to the mall, a quick check of the bus route and a thorough sweep of the stationery aisle. This year, for many parents, there are some new things to remember: the teacher's e-mail address, the school's website or which night online homework help chat will be offered. "The 1999-2000 school year will be the one where the majority of parents really feel the Internet's influence on their child's education at the everyday level," says Jonathan...