Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this much on anyone else." Her younger sister will go to a public college. Another element of Damplo's situation, while not uncommon, tends to complicate matters with the financial aid office: Because of high costs and numerous siblings, she splits all costs with her parents fifty-fifty, a method with which Harvard's system of determining grant, family contribution, and self-help package does not necessarily coincide...
...vacationing in central France, had to act. He had promised during his 1980 campaign that he would be "The Tranquil Force" and wanted to reassure his countrymen they would be protected. At the same time, he felt he had to clarify French intentions in Lebanon. Television was his chosen method...
...area of the classics that Nagy says he wants to make his most important contribution. He is currently constructing a new method of studying the classics, drawing on his background in linguistics. The traditional method of study has been used since the 19th century; and while Nagy says he expects no resistance to his theories from the Classics Department, he does expect a challenge from classicists in other disciplines...
Association with Jordan. Reagan proposed "ties between the West Bank, Gaza and Jordan" as a method for achieving a durable settlement. Israel says that Camp David makes no reference to this approach. Indeed, the accord leaves open to negotiation the final status of the territories, but the document explicitly states that "Jordan will be invited to join the negotiations on the basis of this framework...
...manual, to be issued next year, that will help school systems and teachers implement the proposal. One teaching experiment has already been carried out at the Skyline High School in Oakland, Calif. Seventy-five students spent one year studying 50 of Adler's Great Books, using the Socratic method of pedagogy. The results, says Principal Nicholas Caputi, were "stellar," but some 80% of the students were classified as gifted anyway. A fuller test will come in Chicago, where Superintendent Ruth Love plans a pilot school that will give the program a three-year trial...