Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ware says that at this summer's orientation for new house masters, he picked up tips on fostering community spirit in his house, such as hosting a welcome dinner for sophomores...
...says, echoing the spirit of randomization, "it doesn't matter whether you live in Mather, or Cabot, or Quincy...
...fact, a new spirit of compromise is evident across the country. Albert Shanker, the longtime head of the A.F.T. who was once a symbol of teacher militancy, has been quick to support such contested measures as teacher standards. In Illinois 40 school districts belong to the Consortium for Education Change, begun by the state N.E.A. affiliate, which promotes cooperative efforts among unions, schools and parents. In Glenview, Illinois, for example, teachers have adopted a "constitution" rather than a contract and become active participants in reform...
...this the convention's invocation of the spirit of Ronald Reagan and the resurrection of supply-side economic theory, and you get a concoction that is fit only for the 1980s. Times have changed but apparently not the G.O.P. The disastrous effects of 12 years of Reagan and Bush administrations on the economy seem to be easily forgotten. KLAAS B. VAN DER POEL St. Jean de Muzols, France...
...kids keep "a little cocker spaniel dog" named Checkers. Now political operatives watch the declining ratings for the traditional convention format and conclude, rationally enough, that the public's taste has changed, that it wants to "feel" the data rather than think about them. And, in the spirit of those Hollywood bigwigs they so roundly condemn, they are more than willing to endure the raised eyebrows of the press if the polls and focus groups say such emotional manipulation is simply giving the public what it wants...