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Instead of overwhelming teachers with this raw energy by packing these dynamos into classes, we ought to reduce the sheer wattage in each classroom to levels that teacher might be able to direct, focus and harness for the good. Here begins my brainstorming: what about having highly trained teachers stay with a very small group of 7-10 students from K-5th grade, allowing them to truly monitor and witness the development of their charges through time? With this level of commitment over a number of years, a grade-school teacher becomes less of a teacher and more...
...work for the people "until the last dog dies." In Clinton's world, working hard meant exhausting yourself, something the President and his staff did regularly, especially in his first term, when leaving the White House before midnight was viewed as proof of a lack of commitment. Clinton's sheer effort was a key part of his message...
...other woman who has tried to pour herself into one of those unforgiving bias-cut dresses, the inspired undergarment of the moment is the control thong. It's a pair of panties that eliminates the lumps and bumps of underwear lines. You can wear it with clingy dresses or sheer pants and still tighten your tummy--maybe even zap an inch...
With its lack of glamour, muddy backdrop and plain-clothes nature, Boesman and Lena, the final film of the late John Berry, is not going to be a huge box-office hit. However, its sheer simplicity, truthfulness and humanity will draw dedicated and attentive viewers with its burst of reality, thus making Boesman and Lena the perfect film to open the Harvard Black Arts Film Festival...
Almost certainly, all four of these teams will probably not make it this far. There will surely be countless upsets and unpredictable finishes along the way. That's the sheer madness of college basketball in March, but I learned a long time ago that trying to predict upsets is a riskier proposition than going with the conventional wisdom...