Word: pearsons
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...LAWSUITS $54 million Compensation demanded by Judge Roy Pearson in a lawsuit against a dry cleaner in Washington, D.C., who lost a pair of his pants, claiming it failed to deliver on its promise of "satisfaction guaranteed"; the suit was dismissed on June 26 $10.50 Cost of the alteration that led to Pearson's pants being lost...
...With a federal election due this year, there's cynicism too about the timing of the strike. But many side with highly regarded Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson, who believes that whatever the government's motives, the problem is so bad, and has gone on for so long, that decisive action must be welcomed. There's detail still to come: no one can say yet how much the response will cost, or how long it will last. But many Australians, including the federal Opposition, which has offered bipartisan support, are willing to give the Prime Minister his head...
...They aren't frightened of the police and the army, and they're not running off to the sand hills," she says. "I don't think many women will have any problem with having extra police around." Rather, there's cautious optimism that this time, help might be coming. Pearson has called for skeptics to give the Howard intervention a chance. "I'm just amazed," he said, "that anybody would put the protection of children secondary to anything else...
...every graduating senior can claim to be very well acquainted with several professors, often on a first-name basis,” according to the EPS department’s co-director of undergraduate studies, Ann Pearson. The department also sponsors field trips for concentrators before the beginning of the fall term. Last year, concentrators camped out in the Canadian Rockies and studied the region’s geology. This year, students will set sail on a five-day cruise along the coast of California...
...build a love of history. Hands-on activities are, for many kids, the best part of school, the part that keeps them engaged. The scope of education isn't supposed to be based on what's tested; it's the other way around, says P. David Pearson, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, graduate school of education. "Never send a test out to do a curriculum's job," he says...