Word: teach
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After the war ended in 1953, he studied in Beijing; then he came back to teach in Changsha. In 1958 he was one of half a million intellectuals who lost their jobs in Mao's anti-rightist campaign. This was the beginning of two decades in the political wilderness for Peiyuan that would culminate in labor camp. "I lost the golden years of my life, from 1958 to 1979," he says...
...18th round. But the 18th round means never seeing Yankee Stadium, so he went to junior college for a semester instead. Then he was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers, only to spend three years playing minor league ball. So he went back to college and then on to teach high school physics and chemistry. He never watched major league baseball. Says his wife Lorri: "He would always see someone he played with in the minors, and he'd think, 'Why aren't I there...
...says the large amounts of reading teach students to glean the information they need from books ignoring the parts that are not relevant...
...course, which will be offered Wednesdays from February 2 to May 10 from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m., will teach students to "explore the various markets in which their work can be published...
...could buy the same books and teach the same courses," said Richard Dunn, who heads a center for early American studies at the University of Pennsylvania...