Word: potted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many dead white males should crowd the curriculum? But the newest racial flash point in schools in many parts of the U.S. pits Hispanic parents against African-American ones. The disputes like East Palo Alto's arise in part from frustration over how to spend the dwindling pot of cash in low-income districts. But they also reflect a jostling for power, as blacks who labored hard to earn a place in central offices, on school boards and in classrooms confront a Latino population eager to grab a share of these positions...
...Smoke pot, or watch movies or try and read a bit. I like to go out and get my mind off myself. It's so hard with music because I show up to a club and I'll have interviews, sound check and the whole day revolves around you. At some point you get sick of yourself and just want to get away...
...last grill order was served: hot dogs and french fries to a handful of hungry students. Only one steaming pot of coffee survived to serve those working the early morning shifts in Harvard Square...
...Soros' pot of gold make a difference? His gift will target some of the most intractable problems Russia faces. Soros, who has amassed a $5 billion personal fortune trading currencies and given $1.5 billion to humanitarian projects worldwide, so far has only vague ideas about who gets the Russia money. One initiative--to "preserve what is good in Russian education" and "reform what was too authoritarian"--appears overly ambitious and may have little effect on the country's vast school system...
...course, what would a political contest in the melting pot of New York City be without some exploitation of racial and ethnic tensions...