Word: roam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whitman, whose state funds public pre-kindergarten in 136 districts. Standards vary from state to state. Georgia's pre-kindergarten curriculum includes language, literacy and math concepts. At Brooklyn's P.S. 200, a go-at-your- own-pace approach seems to apply. After a brief lesson, pint-size pupils roam among a playhouse, a game corner, an art center and a library. Says principal Neal Opromalla: "These children learn through play...
...traffic violation has any arrest warrants outstanding. The officers make 10 to 12 arrests a week, vs. two or three in pre-laptop days. That might count as measurable productivity, but how to quantify the benefit to society of haling lawbreakers into court rather than letting them roam free...
...those aggressive supplicants who threaten windshields with slimy rags or sponges unless compensated, in conjunction with the fact that soon after the mayor came to office, most squeegee men and other homeless people mysteriously disappeared. But the suggestion that the mayor and some shadowy private army roam the streets late at night snatching up such unfortunates, packing them in crates and shipping them to a major national hamburger-restaurant chain, is without foundation. The mayor does drive about in an unmarked car at night, but only to ensure that all is under control in his beloved city and that crime...
...find anything comparable. Now, seemingly overnight, machines and electronics were transforming virtually everything. Photography, an important 19th century invention, became almost a different medium in the 1920s and '30s with the combination of high-quality, handheld cameras, film on an advanceable roll, and the flashbulb. Photographers were free to roam the fields and streets. They could cover crimes and wars. Soft, pretty pictures gave way to a more spontaneous, realistic style...
...with a valid I.D. to consume no more than two beverages in an area fenced off from the rest of the festivities. While we understand his concern about binge drinking and underage consumption, the current system treats drinkers like lepers and needs to be revised. Either allow drinkers to roam free, or turn Springfest into a BYOB affair and free-up extra money to spend on entertainment...