Word: tags
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the problematic location, the basilica's distinctly non-African design has raised questions: all the figures depicted in the stained-glass windows are white, except for a lone black pilgrim who bears a remarkable resemblance to Houphouet-Boigny. Especially troublesome is the cost of the construction: the price tag may exceed $200 million...
...Clearly, Kevin's ball park was a field of dreams with few anguished undertones. "Sports, besides the obvious competitive aspect, is about sharing and being fair," he notes. "And I've always liked to roll in the dirt. When I was little, I wasn't 'it' very often in tag. You can translate that into acting. I don't get caught lying very often. I make sure that difficult scenes come...
...price tag for transforming the country's middle schools will doubtless be higher than the federal, state or local governments want to pay. But, warns Carnegie, the real choice is whether to fund health clinics, counseling and teacher training today or pay the far higher cost of dropouts, an ill-prepared work force and swelling welfare and prison rolls tomorrow. "The nation cannot afford to continue neglecting these youth," concludes the report. Lorraine Monroe, director of the Center for Minority Achievement at Manhattan's Bank Street College of Education, agrees. "We can't hold school the way we used...
...time between diagnosis and death and offering the hope that a full life for the disease's victims may some day be possible. Said New York City Health Commissioner Stephen Joseph in Montreal: "We are very close to turning the corner on this epidemic." But there is a price tag to this success. Medical bills for the growing pool of infected people will be staggering. And a surprising number of AIDS-virus carriers are returning to high-risk behavior that could spread the infection to others...
Although only 24 students showed up for T.M.G.'s orientation session last week, a near capacity enrollment of about 200 in grades 10 through 12 is expected by 1991. For an annual price tag of $17,000 (for boarders), Japanese parents can rest assured that their children will get a typical 35-hour-a-week Japanese high school curriculum, including five classes each of English, math and Japanese and four of science and social studies. American students are welcome, but most of the classes will be taught in Japanese. Language was still a bit of a problem for T.M.G. tenth...