Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Advocates of the exams say the results prove their point--that many teachers in the classrooms were not qualified for their jobs...
...recent Ivy League grads, what could be more natural than pouring their lives into their work? The investment bank rush shows no sign of slowing down--Broadview plans to hire more analysts than ever this year. But is the grind worth the money? All the analysts say their jobs are exciting and worthwhile, though "exciting" might be a stretch. The grueling hours and often repetitive work would discourage all but the most enthusiastic economics concentrator, although for $150,000, a two-year commitment might...
...chain and somehow managed to become stuck, if you get my meaning, in between the toilet and seat. (I'm somewhat embarrassed even to be recounting or summarizing this story.) As a result of the incident which led to his injury, he has filed suit against Starbucks. Some accounts say he and his wife may now be unable to have children. He reportedly wants $1 million for himself--and another $500,000 for her. (Why does she get only half what he gets? Go figure...
...ninth grade, I took a music history class especially designed for those of us who liked to listen to music but had no business playing it. Our teacher was a smart, enthusiastic 20-something with an unholy knowledge of pop music trivia and lyrics from musicals. Needless to say, we loved her. The highlight of the class was the week we watched "West Side Story" on videotape and discussed the musical's roots in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the socially conscious message of the show and the Boston background of composer Leonard Bernstein...
...Some say that the answer lies in an overdose of political correctness--the high school administration was eager to appease the anger of a group of minority students and so just cancelled the play out of hand. That may be part of it, but the larger answer is that everyone involved in this controversy is suffering an overdose of incorrect assumptions...