Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first-year biochemistry concentrator decided to take CS50 because "I wanted to learn computer programming," he says. "It's a really valuable skill. Computers are a part of every field today...
...students involved] are going there to learn a skill that is applicable in a wide number of settings, not just race," he says...
...equally solid, with the usual culprits--McCann, his defense partner Peter McLaughlin (0-5-5) and freshman standout Ashlin Halfnight (1-4-5)--keeping Tracy and Israel safe in the back. Fundamentals are never lacking on both units; the players know their specialized roles and perform them with consummate skill...
...first mainstream movie to deal explicitly with the AIDS crisis. But don't let that throw you off--this is not a preachy movie, not dull or morose. It is so fascinating, so touching that witnessing the movie is a cathartic experience. Maybe Hollywood has finally recovered that skill to tell tales well...
Even so, job training has a bad reputation among conservatives, who see it as a boondoggle for the trainers that does little to improve the earning potential of the trainees. Better to subsidize them in low-skill jobs, the argument goes, like ringing registers at 7-Eleven, where they can get on-the- job experience in regular working habits that will help them move up. (However, labor unions complain that when government pays private employers to hire from the welfare roles, it puts nonwelfare job applicants at a disadvantage...