Word: parente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will now work to have the Senate position prevail in conference over the House proposal, in which the grace period is eliminated and the parent loan interest rate increases remain," said Rowe in his statement...
...Turner is a major O.J. beneficiary. Thanks to the trial, the viewership at CNN surged--prompting an estimated $45 million windfall in ad revenues--just at the moment his company was angling to be sold to Time Warner, the parent of this magazine. The dealmakers were smart enough to realize that O.J. wasn't forever, but healthy revenues certainly added to Turner's allure. Already, Ted Turner has sent a $50 million finder's fee to Mike Milken, and the numbers suggest that Simpson deserves the same...
...report, while offering concrete suggestions and models of successful programs, paints a disturbing portrait of America as a dismissive and preoccupied parent, a country trying to wish away the troubles of its teenagers. "Adolescence is as perplexing for our society as a whole as it is for the individual parent," says Dr. David Hamburg, chairman of the council. "I hope that we can point people in the right direction and stimulate programs to deal with the problems. I hope that we have touched a nerve...
...Maddox also focused on curriculum reform, arguing that excellence in English, math and science is paramount. While teacher and parent Alice L. Turkel emphasized faculty development, incumbent David P. Maher argued that by initiating the recruiting process for teachers earlier, Cambridge schools can attract a much larger applicant pool...
Toward the end of the book, Atwood finds the spectre of death looming ever closer, though without the hope of salvation such as Mary Webster's. Part four is a series of poems written for a dying parent. In one scene, a woman tries to remember her father through a series of dream images, each proving elusive and unsatisfactory. In another scene, Shakespearean tragedy undergoes a reversal that is anything but, as a Lear figure finds himself watching terrible television in nursing home...