Word: sectioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...point, the two most stolen titles were Playboy and Documents of the National Security Council--we called it the love and war collection," said a supervisor in Lamont's Government Documents section who asked to remain anonymous...
...these critical improvements, I believe, can be achieved through one change in the system: have students read each others' writing. Professors and TFs should allot 20 minutes of the section near the time papers are assigned for students to throw around ideas for paper topics. Do the same as the deadline approaches, so that students may share research tips, discuss writing strategies and, in general, help one another produce work of a higher quality...
Then, most importantly, after papers are handed in, photocopy and distribute student papers to each student in the section, and label them assigned reading for the week. Devote the next section to a discussion of the essays. How did students' viewpoints on the same topic differ? What did we learn from the assignment? Unless these questions are raised, all the time invested in paper-writing soon becomes an uncherished memory...
...late 1991 and an additional $47,000 sprinkled over the next three years. While foreign subsidiaries are allowed to contribute money generated in this country, the sole income earned by Young Brothers Development--USA is the rent from its only U.S. asset: a modest condominium in Washington's Georgetown section. Sources in the company told TIME that the campaign funds were transferred directly from Hong Kong headquarters...
...minority voting power. By a 7-2 vote, justices clarified how courts may use the Voting Rights Act of 1965 when reviewing changes state or local governments make in district boundaries or other voting procedures. At issue was a Louisiana school redistricting plan that the Justice Department rejected under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act for failing to comply with Section 2 of the act. Section 5 requires federal approval of many state and local election law changes, while Section 2 prohibits any voting practice that dilutes minority voting strength. A Louisiana court had rejected linking...