Word: panacea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lovelorn Nemorino. Adina's emotional volatility is manifest in ever-higher notes and ever-wider leaps. Turay and Saffer, by far the most talented singers in the production, were brilliant throughout. His rendition of "Una furtiva lagrima" got more applause than any other aria; her passionate confidence in the panacea of her own charm had the audience all set to hear "Vedrai, carino" from "Don Giovanni...
...much truth is behind the hype? Dubious arthritis "remedies" in the past have included copper bracelets, bee venom and fish oil. What distinguishes this latest panacea is its mix of generally accepted measures--exercise, balanced diet, weight control, stress reduction--with uncritical advocacy of two over-the-counter dietary supplements available at pharmacies and health-food stores...
...inclusion is no fiscal panacea. O'Hearn principal William Henderson, himself legally blind, warns that it could be more expensive in the short run to carry out properly. Teachers must be retrained to work with special-ed. children, and additional staff will be needed to help. "Anything less is dumping," he says. Inclusion is also more manageable in elementary school, where the emphasis is on child development, than in high school, where students are judged by performance. "High school inclusion has little or no relevance in the lives of the severely disabled," says one high school special-ed. director...
...bridge to the 21st century. His plan for education focuses on tax breaks for college tuition and literacy for America's children. Unfortunately, the highlight of his record only amounts to a Department of Education flyer introducing school uniforms. To frame his proposals, Clinton invokes the education panacea, otherwise known as the information superhighway...
Nowhere is the battle line drawn more clearly than on the subject of school choice. It has been touted as an all-purpose panacea: let parents shop around and they will reward good schools over bad, forcing the bad ones to play catch-up, thus improving quality overall. President Clinton has embraced this idea in the form of "charter schools"--public schools that throw out all the rules, including union rules, and start over--and some local teachers' unions have slowly come around to endorsing these experiments. But the unions draw the line (as has the President...