Word: sharpen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...teacher-development program. With the help of his faculty, Superintendent Jay Robinson is now working out a career plan that would identify 26 qualities an instructor should exhibit. Teachers would receive extensive training through a center that already houses a library of curriculum materials and sets up workshops to sharpen skills. Favorable evaluations would lead to pay bonuses as teachers advanced up a three-step career ladder to tenured status. Says Robinson: "Merit-pay plans attempt to identify excellence and reward it. Our plan's emphasis is on creating great teachers through training them and then putting them...
...many Britishers can be described as analogous to the feeling one gets when successfuly completing a grueling five hour exam the pain is worth the glory. Even those who are not Conservative sympathizers have taken Thatcher's "no free lunch" economics to heart and are he ginning to sharpen their knives for the dinner feast they hope will follow...
Students appreciate the program especially because it gives them a chance to sharpen practical legal skills that often go undeveloped in the classroom, Harry Le Fox, one of the project's student directors, said...
...closeness between teammates was further encouraged by a 10 day trip to England, where the racquetmen learned to sharpen their skills in seven matches on larger courts, with a soft ball that moved relatively slowly. From the trip, Harvard, a team known for its ability to make trick shots like reverse corners and nicks, learned to perfect its drive shots as well, rounding out its competitive game...
...this politicking seems wearyingly premature, like Christmas decorations in July. It is no consolation that both Jimmy Carter and George McGovern officially began their long-shot bids even earlier. Candidates used to attract little press attention at this point in the campaign and thus could test themes and sharpen positions with slight risk of committing a fatal gaffe. This time around, however, they are already in the hot glare of television cameras. That kind of exposure encourages rhetorical posturing and, over the long haul, may discourage voter interest...