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...effects on students randomized into small and large classes. This experiment showed that small classes enhanced learning, and that the beneficial skills students acquired in small classes continued to be seen even after they returned to large classes. The results of this experiment “reportedly helped spur President Bill Clinton’s request for 100,000 new teachers to reduce classroom sizes,” according to The Washington Post.Mosteller also worked with Professor David L. Wallace of the University of Chicago to determine who had written 12 of the 57 Federalist Papers by calculating sentence length...
...most satisfying of film noir tales, but they are surely the noiriest in their artful oppressiveness, their connoisseurship of violence, their sense of the world as a rat trap with rancid cheese as the bait. The westerns Mann made with James Stewart - Bend of the River, The Naked Spur, The Far Country - constitute the strongest body of work, for that time, in that uniquely American form. El Cid is, to my mind, among the very finest of epic films, second only, perhaps, to Lawrence of Arabia...
...there are still dangerous gaps in its knowledge of the group's military capabilities. Hassan Nasrallah's organization has proven much harder to penetrate than Palestinian militant groups, though Israeli intelligence has, says a senior official, intercepted communications in which Hizballah is trying to use money or ideology to spur Palestinian militants to carry out attacks in Israel. But given the gaps in Israel's intelligence, there was plenty of reason for concern when, after the attack at sea, Nasrallah promised more "surprises...
This generation of young adults with DS has shattered old ideas about what is possible for people who carry an extra 21st chromosome in their cells--the cause of DS--and what opportunities society owes them. They came of age in an era of early-intervention programs to spur physical and mental development--Desai began one at 7 weeks. Once in school, they were included in regular classrooms when possible and were offered tutoring and special classes when needed. Both bride and groom are high school graduates. Just as critical, this generation has benefited from medical care addressing the heart...
...Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz—will likely draw lots of students with their popularity (not to mention that the popular Positive Psychology, Psychology of Leadership, and Human Sexuality are ALL not offered this spring.) Regardless, the subject matter of Psychology 1002 will hold its own and spur the interest of those interested in debating morality and social conventions...