Word: spending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want to throw away silly memorabilia--the leaf he gave you, the grass she threw on your head--while putting away meaningful mementos in a box you won't open for several years. Don't spend Saturday night re-reading old letters. Remember: there are many fish in the sea, including some with sexy scales and friendly fins...
...Teachers College at Columbia University, "have got to be at the center of reform." Some localities have already realized this. In New Jersey, Commissioner of Education Saul Cooperman has sought to create teacher incentives, including bonuses for success in inner-city schools and grants for top teachers to spend in classrooms as they wish. Last fall Rochester teachers signed an innovative three-year contract granting greater classroom freedom and salaries that start at $29,000 and rise to $70,000 for stars. In return, the teachers agreed to be held accountable for student performance...
Most of the adolescent crack dealers' clients are children. "A sophisticated marketing analysis couldn't have come up with a more perfect drug for kids," says Robert Stutman, special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New York. "Five years ago, a kid had to spend $80 for cocaine. Now a kid can get a vial of crack for $3 to $5. The high is instantaneous, the addiction complete." Some of the latest abusers are barely out of babyhood. Renaissance West, a Detroit drug program, is preparing to treat children as young...
...Club members and honor-society members destroyed by crack," says Jeanne Howard of the state attorney's office in Palm Beach County, Fla. There is a terrible symbiosis between the wealthy addicts and the inner-city dealers. Privileged kids who venture into the ghetto to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on crack are largely responsible for the booming drug business...
...damaging psychological effects of prison are poorly understood by most Americans, inmates say. "You need some judges to come spend some time here," Williams says...