Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is nothing wrong with getting children off to a quick start by developing their thinking, organizational and creative skills. Problems arise when we demand visible, measurable signs of progress in these youngsters, who can neither read nor write. The child who marks all the pictures correctly on a work sheet shows only what he already knows, but if he plays at building a bridge, he demonstrates that he is learning
...aquadudes then reeled off quick victories over MIT and the University of Massachusetts to close out the first day's action...
...office had trod on the dueling ground of televised debate. Then, after Ronald Reagan's unexpectedly weak performance against Walter Mondale, the match-off between running mates also became a potential benchmark scoring opportunity for Democrat Ferraro. The challengers had a chance to claim two underdog victories in quick succession and keep their comeback momentum rolling...
...desperate ("Mr. President, I cannot cut the food consumption here below its present level"). Roosevelt, seven years younger, is more ebullient, conscious of his greater economic and military power, yet surprisingly wary about domestic opponents in Congress markably aloof, fending off Churchill with a ghostwritten evasion or with a quick joke. One of the great virtues of Kimball's editing is that he includes many undiplomatic first drafts that were toned down by advisers before being sent...
White and Co. then wasted no time in putting together one of their finest drives of the year. Like clock work, the running game clicked, thanks to the quick feet of Santiago and vignali and the strong arms of the entire offensive line...