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Word: picking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hopes to pick up some new viewers in the aftermath of the Dan Rather/George Bush fiasco on the usually top-rated CBS Evening News. So the network aired commercials touting the credibility of its news department, with paeans to Peter Jennings every half-hour. And Peter Jennings made a rare Sunday appearance with a special news report during the pre-game show...

Author: By Jeffrey P. Meier, | Title: ABC Wins Super Bowl | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

...asked him to sound off for this week's cover story on school discipline, Clark invited her to accompany him on his rounds. Off they went at breakneck speed, he with his infamous bullhorn in hand, she with her notebook. Clark strode swiftly along the corridors, swooping down to pick up stray scraps of paper and barking orders at his staff. When Clark finally sat down to talk, he remained hyperactive, bouncing out of his seat to make heartfelt points. After a dozen interviews with other educators in New Jersey, Simpson came away exhausted. "I'm not sure whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Feb. 1, 1988 | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

...year hundreds have been sent instead to a yellow brick school building in the working-class Roslindale section. At the Barron Assessment and Counseling Center, as the place is called, they go through a five-to-ten-day program designed to get them to put down their knives and pick up their books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Classroom Disarmament | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

...across America. But they are rare exceptions, unreachable for the majority of America's urban pupils. Says Winifred Green, president of the Southern Coalition for Educational Equality in Jackson, Miss.: "I would move to any city in the country and send my kids to public school if I could pick the school. They are not all even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Tough | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

...touch of intimidation, until they have shaped up for re-entry into regular classes. "This way, getting kicked out is not a free ride," he explains. Alexander, along with Secretary Bennett and others, also believes in allowing youngsters to select their schools. In Memphis, for example, students can pick any school in the city. "Once they have made a choice, you know they want to be there," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Tough | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

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