Word: stillings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WHAT THEY GOT] --NOTHING YET The Senate version of the provision is attached to a controversial African-trade bill that's still pending. The House has passed the trade bill without the Caribbean element...
...advised, though, that even if it all works, financial services could get more confusing in the short run as the industry adjusts. If the model ultimately fails--and make no mistake, the jury is still out--shareholders in these newfangled financial companies may feel a sharp sting...
...into," says George Bicher, bank analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown (speaking of mergers). As a practical matter, Bicher notes, Glass-Steagall lost its teeth long ago. Exploiting loopholes and a remarkably tolerant Fed, banks and insurers and brokerages have been invading one another's turf for two decades. Still, some new combinations are inevitable. Says David Stumpf, senior bank analyst at A.G. Edwards: "We will see some consolidation among banks and insurance companies, with banks doing the buying...
...squeezing in one more math lesson before her morning kindergarten class leaves for the day: "If you have three bunnies and three apples, and there is an apple to go with each bunny, then they are...equal." It's hard to tell whether her 25 pint-size students are still with her. They have been busy all morning working on language skills, word recognition, counting, sets, days of the week and primary colors, in addition to trying to complete an art project and work on assorted social skills, such as raising one's hand before speaking...
...educators call "push-down" academics. The need to perform well on tests filters down, landing on the youngest learners. As a result, kindergartners spend less time on social skills while interacting with one another in the "dress-up corner" or building wood-block skyscrapers. They spend more time sitting still, listening to the teacher and drilling on the basics. The immediate results of early reading and writing initiatives may please some parents and school administrators, but teachers and childhood-development experts say they are worried about the children...