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...Everyone says the parent-teacher conference should be pleasant, civilized, a kind of dialogue where parents and teachers build alliances," Lawrence-Lightfoot observes. "But what most teachers feel, and certainly what all parents feel, is anxiety, panic and vulnerability." While teachers worry most about the parents they never see, the ones who show up faithfully pose a whole different set of challenges. Leaving aside the monster parents who seem to have been born to torment the teacher, even "good" parents can have bad days when their virtues exceed their boundaries: the eager parent who pushes too hard, the protective parent...
Today such skepticism on the Street, if far from gone, is tempered by pleasant surprise. A year after Carp launched the restructuring, Kodak has lined up a respectable portfolio of increasingly lucrative digital products and services. The company, based in Rochester, N.Y., lost $12 million in the last quarter of 2004, but that was largely because of restructuring costs. Meanwhile, its revenues actually climbed 3%, to $3.8 billion, in that period--the 16% decline in Kodak's traditional film business offset by a 40% surge from its digital sales and services. Yet there remain ample reasons for doubt...
...excellent food, pleasant surroundings, and welcoming attitude have, paradoxically, led to a real loss in one of the key elements of House life,” Kirshner said in an e-mail to freshmen. “We appreciate your understanding and look forward to your cooperation...
...this season, with the Top 10 debut of ABC's eerie Lost, there are signs that viewers are ready for less naturalism and more supernaturalism. Fox recently debuted Point Pleasant (Thursdays, 9 p.m. E.T.), a self-serious horror soap in which a young woman in a New Jersey resort town turns out to be the daughter of Satan. Says Pleasant executive producer and Buffy alumna Marti Noxon: The networks are discovering that "there are certain things that you can't do in reality shows...
...very excited to continue focusing our business interests in the Square,” Brush said. “Felipe’s has been a very pleasant experience...