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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take care to place, at the end of some of the longest titles I have ever seen, a disclaimer announcing that the film was just a huge historical fantasy and should not be taken as factual. But after a fun flick, who cares?Photo courtesy of Robert Speller & SonsSEVEN: The real Anastasia, seated far right...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Rape of Clio: Reconciling Art and History | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

...That's the first indication that something unusual is going on. Here's the second: on a recent September morning, as the 25 children in Edwards' class sat cross-legged on the floor passing a big blue ball around, they whispered compliments to each other. "You're a nice speller." "You've got pretty handwriting." "You are a good artist." A soothing calm settled in the room. For the moment, traditional academics were nowhere to be found. Edwards says the kids are learning deeper truths. "We are teaching them values that are universal," she says. "Being kind to a person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEACHING FEELINGS 101 | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...just being a poor reader or poor speller does not necessarily mean that an individual is dyslexic, says Instructor in Psychology David K. Dinklage, a neuropsychologist at Cambridge Hospital. Rather, he says, there has to be a large enough discrepancy between reading and other cognitive abilities for an individual's difficulties to be attributed to dyslexia...

Author: By Lana Israel, | Title: Perspectives on Dyslexia | 2/22/1994 | See Source »

...forget, Truman was a lousy speller ("Deleware," "occation"). Grab it, Dan. Get right with Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Just Wild About Harry | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

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