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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people who know nothing of history or economic development. Expanded world trade is indeed an engine of development, for rich and poor countries alike. And the rule of law surely beats the rule of the jungle, especially for the weaker countries. The collapse of trade in the Great Depression taught us that lesson in brutal terms...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Sachs, | Title: Sense and Nonsense in Seattle | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...This girl, my sister Sherri Beth Hyman, who in all likelihood will never live self-sufficiently or even graduate from high school, has taught me more that anyone I know: She has taught me how to love and how to treat others...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Unreading Period | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...aside by the piercing looks of waiters and store clerks--Sherri has never cracked her positive attitude. She never loses hope that others will soon see her as a genuine and funny person to befriend instead of a disabled nuisance to pity or even worse, to ignore. Sherri has taught me that the most beautiful aspect of friendship is connecting with each friend on a personal level, seeking out the one thing that really sets your friendship awhirl...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Unreading Period | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Born in Poland, Chall moved to New York at seven, speaking only Yiddish. She learned English and over the next few years taught her parents how to read in English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noted Psychologist and Education Professor Dies | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...whether these counter-activists are successful is beside the point. The administration of Amherst Regional High School has taught its students an inadvertent but incredibly damaging lesson in this controversy--that protest, in the absence of explanation or discussion, can prevent free expression, performance and education...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: West Side Story, Untold | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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