Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fabulous teacher," said Linda Kaboolian, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School. "He developed innovative curricula; he understood the political world and the policy world; and he went on and demonstrated many of his skills as secretary...
...Oscars' Irving Thalberg Lifetime Achievement Award. Snag some headline entertainer like Jay Leno sufficient to attract network coverage, and air the same hagiographic film that would otherwise be shown at the convention. Better that the candidate end his career in prime time, droning on about his second-grade teacher, than at sparsely attended airport rallies, shouting epithets into the wind...
...eighth-graders in a classroom in New York City's Spanish Harlem can barely suppress their giggles. "You are sitting on a stalled, crowded bus," their teacher tells them. "Start up a conversation." Esther, petite and pony-tailed, begins. "Well, this bus is really crowded!" "Yeah," says Luis. "I can't wait to get outta here--I'm gonna suffocate." Pause. Esther: "Nice day, isn't it? Where are you going?" Luis: "To take my girlfriend to the movies." Esther: "I have a date too." Painful pause. Luis: "The bus is certainly...stopped." The class cracks...
...thinking she'd be a nice President. Who better for Annie Leibovitz and the folks at Vanity Fair to turn into Glinda the good witch? It's not even her first time in the role. "When I was in the first grade I wanted to be Dorothy, but my teacher cast me as Glinda," says O'Donnell. "I was devastated." She doesn't look thrilled this time either. Smile, Rosie. At least you're not in Kansas...
...long and distinguished career as a pioneering neuroscientist and is widely respected as a gifted and passionate teacher," Their said. "The decade he spent at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School provides Joe with a valuable perspective of the University and its affiliated teaching hospitals...