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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...killer rabbit was the 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego on July 14. As his name was announced over the loudspeaker, a chorus of boos arose from the crowd. Not everyone booed, of course, but The New York Times reporter there estimated a 60-40 heckles-to-cheers ratio. That would be more than a landslide on November...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: White House Rumors And Roving Reporters | 7/28/1992 | See Source »

...more revealing comment when asked at his press conference what had gone through his mind the last day. "I'm an engineer. I just rationally looked at the facts . . . You don't make good decisions with emotions." Like the good businessman he is, Perot calculated the cost-benefit ratio and found the bottom line wanting. His mind-set is different from that of a seasoned politician, who knows campaigns often encounter ambushes and that persistence under attack is a cardinal virtue. A disillusioned Perot worker in San Francisco, Ivan Sharpe, said, "He probably doesn't deserve the presidency. Every presidential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perot Takes a Walk | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

While all this may seem like an ordinary summer school program, there are differences. Unlike public school classrooms, the student to teacher ratio is six to one, King says...

Author: By June Shih, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Program Enriches | 7/21/1992 | See Source »

...always the exterior of Gwathmey's new $24 million slab that got all the attention; the $22 million interior renovation of Wright's building (which cost $7 million in 1959) was mentioned only passingly. Now that the work is finished and the doors are open, that fever ratio should reverse itself: the slab is a bland and only slightly annoying intrusion, while Gwathmey's intelligent, intricate, loving work inside is a revelation, making it a far, far better museum than it has ever been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finally Doing Right By Wright | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...knowledge is to place a teacher in front of a small group. Technology would play a primary role in Whittle's new classroom. Each Whittle school would be linked by closed-circuit television to a central studio, which might result in a 1-to-1 million teacher-to-student ratio. Interactive electronic data banks would allow students to do comprehensive research on their own. Notebook computers would be as common as lunch boxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knowledge for Sale | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

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