Word: somes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's aides also expect that the symbolism of a summit will help boost Gorbachev's faltering position at home. Said one: "The image of these two guys on cruisers in the Med, talking about the world, has to be a plus for Gorbachev." Yet Soviet officials say symbolism counts...
Eric Dlugokinski, a University of Oklahoma psychologist, believes five-year- olds need to spend some time away from home, but, for late bloomers, an academically oriented kindergarten may not be the right environment. If a child does poorly in a first school experience, "that failure is very hard to eradicate...
Sue Bredekamp, an executive with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, feels that redshirting may be of value to about 1% of children but in some places is routinely suggested for 30% of kindergarten applicants. "Being older is no guarantee of success," she says. "By holding children...
In the glow of victory, narcotics officers congratulated one another on finally putting a dent in the drug-smuggling apparatus. But in recent weeks the vastly increased tonnage of captured cocaine has been generating some anxious rethinking about the scale of America's coke problem. Reason: since cocaine is essentially...
Federal officials have never been sure how much cocaine is consumed in the U.S., but the conventional estimate has been 100 tons annually. Since agents have captured nearly that much already this year and seizures are generally ^ considered to represent only a small proportion of total supply, cocaine use could...