Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thousands of students were gathered in the park, listening to rock bands and chomping on fried dough. At first I was hesitant to join them, thinking that I would be out of place in this type of environment. They looked like the poster children for body-piercing parlors, and I looked like I had just stepped out of a J. Crew catalogue...
...Friday the women's cross country team enjoyed near perfect racing weather for the New England Women's Championship, held on their home course at Franklin Park...
Good students tend to have what teachers call a broad "fund of knowledge." They've been taken places; they've seen a bit of the world. If the family resources are slim, it might only be to the city park, a train yard or the kitchen of a restaurant. But the experience has been brought to life for them. "I find the students I love will often say to me, 'My mom took me here' or 'My dad and I did this.' You know these parents are in their lives," says Carol Klavins, who's been teaching middle-school science...
...effort to encourage girls to examine varied careers. In Lincoln, Neb., teacher Jane Edwards partners with a local architectural firm to challenge high school girls to use technology, math and science to solve design problems. In Aurora, Colo., middle school teacher Pam Schmidt has created Eocene Park, a paleontology field school that encourages girls to explore this traditionally male-dominated science...
...ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.--Buffalo Bills star defensive end Bruce Smith has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for a hit on Peyton Manning in last Sunday's game at Indianapolis...