Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JOHN CHEEVER, we are told, always loved to tell stories. As an adolescent in the prestigious Thayer Academy, his teacher used to reward the class for their good behavior by having John tell them a story. Later, he told his own children so many legends about his life that they seldom knew what to believe. The fact is, John Cheever glided effortlessly into a world of fiction and, according to his daughter, he sometimes stayed exclusively in his imaginary surroundings for months. Suicidal drinking bouts, long talks with his canine companions, and a career steeped in fictional fantasy tell...
...USUALLY HAPPENS sometime in second grade when you see your teacher squeezing the Chatmin or checking the price on a pound of Purdue chicken; the shocking notton that Miss Teachingbody lives outside the classroom Later on, sometime before your first rendez-vous with the dermatologist, you realize that your parents don't always just read before they doze off. Somehow, though, the two notions never coalesce into the equally plausible notion that maybe Miss Teachingbody, too, does more than maybe loss her red inked papers aside and draw up the comforter before counting the sheep. Popular mythology lingers too long...
...perform," says Tsosie. "If you fail it's indicative of everyone else." Student recruiters must convince other Indians that they can thrive at a prestigious college in the East. When Fines toured the country to recruit for Harvard, one school asked her to give a little speech. The teacher then turned to the class and told the students to grade Fines' enunciation...
...only is this subplot illogical and a waste of time, it tears down all the suspense the MacGuffin is supposed to create. Odell makes ludicrously pointless decisions like having Supergals' roomie the cousin of Lois Lane, or having Selena's exhenchman Nigel (Peter Cooke) a math teacher at Lee's school...
...Arkansas, Republican Judy Petty, 41, a state representative and Sunday-school teacher, was outgunned by a tough-talking sheriff, Democrat Tommy Robinson, ,42, in a seat that had been vacated by a Republican. A New Hampshire seat that had been held by a Democrat went Republican when Dudley Dudley, 48, a liberal long active in community causes, lost to Robert C. Smith, 43, a schoolteacher and real estate agent who is so conservative that he opposes any U.S. trade with Communist countries...