Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understand that skateboard speak, then you're probably outside the 12-to-34 age demographic that advertisers and programmers covet--and that alternative-sports stars like Hawk can deliver. He's one of a new band of athletes who are helping drive the fast-growing world of nontraditional sports to an ever increasing share of the TV-ad dollar. Emerging sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, NASCAR racing and even bass fishing are gaining increasing TV exposure, providing greater choice for sports fans and advertisers...
...just me, or has the news been larded with stories that speak eloquently and amusingly of our cultural obsession with youth and newness? Well, to some extent, it probably is just me: I happen to be turning 40 this week, so I'm a little sensitive. But I swear, every paper I read, every newscast I watch, all I'm hearing...
Thank you, TIME, for getting it right in your articles on how to make a better student [SPECIAL REPORT, Oct. 19]. As an educator, I'm sure I speak for others in my profession in saying parents who emphasize and foster learning at home ultimately have kids who perform at a higher level in class. School systems have been trying to get that message out for years. Imagine, excellent teachers working with students who have a drive and desire to learn. Utopia! CHARLES SWECKER Valley Head, W.Va...
Many have suggested that most of what goes on in schools is a meaningless waste of time. Meanwhile, 99% of children, both rich and poor, have, with enthusiasm and efficiency, but without any formal teaching, taught themselves to speak their native tongue. And then in schools, they are forced to memorize and regurgitate and are certified by the rigid, demeaning, coercive, boring pseudo-academic institutions they attend. A few schools, by using only interesting material like newspapers, games, comic books, art, music and talk, have shown us how to stop schooling and start educating. They've eliminated formal assessment, stopped...
...text that is preserved in Sussner's production. The Shakespearean version is great because it describes the anatomy of the takeover, and by doing so, maps the topology of death. By reversing the order, Sussner obscures the tragedy of death and leaves murder. Characters are killed before they speak so that their role in the play always seems an afterthought.. If this review has given little mention to the acting, it is because the acting is overshadowed by a radicalizing interpretation. Though Egan's well-spoken plottings, Queen Ann's lamentations and Queen Margret's prophecy would occasionally break...