Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jiang's visit is raising hopes of a reconciliation between the two geopolitical giants that will end eight years of official frostiness precipitated by China's 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Jiang certainly expects that. In his exclusive interview with Time, he declared, "At present, Sino-American relations have a favorable opportunity for further improvement...
...present, Sino-American relations have a favorable opportunity for further improvement. Whether we can build a sound and stable relationship in the 21st century bears on the world's peace, stability and prosperity. Our two countries share that common responsibility...
...their classrooms on the first week of school this year, they found plastic boxes with mesh tops and one or two caterpillars in them. English teacher Kay Pfaffendorf and social studies teacher Cindy Farmer had taken a course on raising monarchs at the University of Minnesota in order to present a project involving not only their subjects but also math, science...
...blackboard are criteria for a debate on careers, including salary, benefits and required training. Later in the semester the teens will log on to Internet chat groups to discuss different occupations, and they will shadow adults during their workday. Before they go on to 10th grade, students must present portfolios on a possible career, explore their own strengths in detailed resumes and outline a study program for three years and beyond. "This isn't just about 'What I want to be when I grow up,'" says teacher Chris Fanelli. "It's about what's required to get there...
...wonderful when bad schools can be fixed just through parent and community involvement. When those things aren't present--and they aren't always--the bad schools still need to be fixed, because otherwise the students who go to them won't learn and will be doomed to lives of poverty. Two things are required, both of which Americans are heavily invested in believing we don't need in education: government money and external government control...