Word: orality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second, Light said, students in the long run most appreciate courses that have frequent "checkpoints," such as quizzes, problem sets and reports. Professors who give immediate feedback on both written and oral work are best appreciated by their students, he said...
...seen since August 1987, Hilary was bundled off with her maternal grandparents after Morgan lost her legal battle to prevent oral surgeon Eric Foretich from having unsupervised visits with the child. Morgan, who divorced Foretich shortly before Hilary was born, accused her former spouse of sexually abusing their daughter, then two, in 1985. Although several child-abuse experts testified that Hilary had been molested, other experts disagreed. Judge Herbert Dixon ruled that Morgan had not proved her case and ordered her to jail for refusing to divulge Hilary's location. Not until last September, when George Bush signed...
...Oral Roberts is chastised as the TV pioneer whose promises of blessings, blended with fund raising, laid the groundwork for the authors' major target, the so-called word of faith movement (a.k.a. the "prosperity gospel"). This is a get-rich-quick brand of Christianity that holds that God is bound to give believers whatever they "claim" through faith...
Bridget C. Asay '92, treasurer of the Radcliffe Union of Students, said, "After studying and reading about the work these women did in the '60s and '70s, and also reading the works of Betty Friedan, this oral history project will bring the written work to life...
...contraceptive she can trust. First she was fitted with a diaphragm, but felt it was too obtrusive and unreliable. She switched to an over-the-counter spermicidal sponge, but it did not work. She got pregnant and had an abortion. Four months ago, she began taking an oral contraceptive. Her moods became unpredictable, as if she were riding an emotional roller coaster. Lately she has felt better, but she is still terrified about the Pill's long-term health effects. "Something has to be done so a woman doesn't worry so much," she says. "It infuriates...