Word: notions
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...burger chain's rivals seemed inclined last week to take the fun out of McParty. Wendy's disdained the whole notion of counting hamburgers. Said Spokesman Denny Lynch: "We find it unappetizing...
...Education titled A Nation at Risk. Prompted by such concern, some educators are stressing that the first years of school profoundly affect a stu dent's future performance. Leslie Williams, associate professor of education at Columbia University's Teachers College, concludes, "There's a current notion that' if we start correctly on the ground floor, maybe we can fix things...
...notion is backed by a new study of disadvantaged preschoolers carried out by the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation under the direction of David P. Weikart and Lawrence J. Schweinhart. In the early 1960s, researchers began to follow the progress of 123 children from poor families in Ypsilanti, Mich. Some were enrolled in a "high-quality" preschool program. The others got no such training. The researchers have monitored the children's progress ever since. Their study has found that by the age of 19, those who took the preschool classes had proved more likely to finish high school, find jobs...
...LIVE AND LET LIVE" is perhaps the most American of notion. But 50 years after the inauguration of the welfare state, a growing numbers of Americans is saying, in effect. "Live...
...Pont wealth stems from the chemical company that is the state's largest employer. Initially, Elise du Pont was so eager to dispel the notion that she was riding on her husband's coattails and checkbook that her campaign billboards advertised her only as "Elise." When voters failed to respond, campaign strategists added her surname. Even though her husband has studiously stayed away from the campaign, her popularity is inexorably linked to his. Pierre du Pont, completing his second term, has an approval rating of some 90%. "Pete du Pont has turned the state around," says Rotarian John...