Word: publication
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...talked before about the deficiencies of the U.S. public-education system. If you were U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan - who has about $5 billion in discretionary funding and a mandate to fix our schools - what would you do? There's precious little experimentation in education. Instead there seems to be a desire for greater regimentation, which I think is nonsense. I think we need to try 100 different things. If I were Arne Duncan, I'd think of myself as a venture capitalist, fund as many wacky and inventive ideas as I could, and closely monitor them...
...feel a sense of differentness when you were growing up? I felt so different. I went to public school. I didn't know anything about pop culture or song lyrics or dancing or anything like that. I was embarrassed for how I dressed and was embarrassed that I didn't have that same cultural knowledge. It didn't occur to me that the Mennonites might have something that other people were missing. (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
...your head slightly back to look at the camera. Sit tall in your chair, but not too close to the camera: the first three buttons of your shirt should be visible, or else you risk looking like a floating head, counsels Priscilla Shanks, a coach for broadcast journalists and public speakers. Most important, do a dry run with a friend to check your color, sound and facial expressions - neutral often comes off as glum onscreen. (See pictures of vintage computers...
...your hair done, too,” he quipped to the audience at yesterday’s reception, which comprised city officials, salon owners, and public health workers...
...Cambridge is a joint initiative of the Cambridge Women’s Commission and the Cambridge Public Health Department. According to Kimberly P. Sansoucy, the executive director of the Women’s Commission, the program was adapted from materials created by a national organization, Salons Against Domestic Violence...