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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aiming toward perfect, polished pieces of artwork," said Breyer. She said that although most submissions came from Visual and Environmental Studies concentrators, several came from students in introductory art classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/15/1988 | See Source »

...effort to improve their schools, many states and localities have added new and often burdensome course requirements, typically without input from teachers. "Traditionally, teachers have been treated like very tall children," observes Mary Futrell, president of the National Education Association (NEA), which represents 1.6 million schoolteachers. "We are not perfect," concedes Baltimore elementary school teacher Kathlynn Jacobs. "But people need to walk in our shoes before they criticize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Who's Teaching Our Children? | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...been an Ohio State fan. With the Buckeyes sunk in the mud of a mediocre year, I have lost my passionate interest in the college game. I retain a certain intellectual curiosity. But the intellect, as I demonstrated Wednesday, is faulty, capable of making major blunders. The heart is perfect...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: To Err is Human... Only a Sportswriter Can Foul Up | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...hearts and butterflies, all of them flawed. Competing versions have triggered emotional controversies. "Cartographers since Ptolemy have wrestled with the problem," says Arthur Robinson, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin, who devised the projection used in the Geographic Society's new map. "Alas, there is no perfect solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The New Shape of the World | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...wives and children of elected officials are fighting the pressure to be - perfect and learning a tough lesson: how to strike a balance between private needs and public expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Nov. 7. 1988 | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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