Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This fall, network television will reflect one man's vision in a way it hasn't since the heyday of CBS founder William Paley. Not only is Kelley taking back the writing duties for the opening episodes of CBS's faltering Chicago Hope (the one show he had ceded to a team of writers) and creating two new shows (Ally for Fox and Snoops, a P.I. series for ABC), but nearly every network is copying him--having just about abandoned the sitcom, they're trying out his surrealism-specked, hour-long dramedy format. Basically, if you don't like Kelley...
...skepticism is shared by some experts, including Alfie Kohn, an educator and author in Belmont, Mass. "Most of what passes for character education is behavioral manipulation, not an invitation to reflect on values," he says. "It's no way to transform a community to say, 'Today is Tuesday; it must be Honesty day,' or by giving kids doggy biscuits...
...less expensive and less academically rigorous college. One promising graduate of my high school declared that she chose to attend Framingham State College due to the low salary she would receive as a teacher when she graduated. The solution is to raise teachers' salaries so that they reflect both the education needed to be a good teachers and the vital importance of educating our children. Higher salaries will encourage more college graduates to become teachers, which will expand the applicant pool, increase competition for teaching positions and allow school districts to hire the most qualified people...
...fellowship, awarded by the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department to concentrators in VES, English, Philosophy, or Anthropology, is intended to "provide stipends for a year's travel during which, it is hoped, recipients will reflect on their undergraduate life in the context of a wider horizon...
Others have found that within the confines of Harvard Square, unique demographics exist, and have composed their stores' selections to reflect that...