Word: teacherly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more widely held view was expressed by an Ajaccio lycée history teacher, André Fazi: "All things considered, Napoleon's balance sheet seems positive. I'll admit, though, that Bonaparte the revolutionary Consul was more admirable than Napoleon the Emperor. As somebody said, they should have killed Napoleon at the foot of a statue of Bonaparte...
Safe Conduct. In "combat" every afternoon, each teacher accompanied one of the street youths through a typical day in a slum neighborhood, participating fully in the daily activities as the youngster ran errands, visited his friends, "rapped" on street corners and -if he was one of the few who had found work...
...will be a joyous occasion. Arts and Letters will give the untutored strict instruction on the study of running. Any one who decides to support one of the pupils rather than the teacher should be warned that he will most likely find his pockets suddenly and unceremoniously emptied...
...student and colleague of Robert McCloskey, I feel his death as a tragic loss. He was a man of passion. All his intensity, vigor, commitment, his uncomplacent integrity, vigor, commitment, his uncomplacent integrity were devoted to fairness, clarity, understanding and humaneness. This is what made him so superb a teacher. The white heat of his mind and heart was at the service of nothing else than light...
Loesser was something of a family black sheep. He showed a distinct preference for baseball, slang and jazz-all alien to the cultural traditions of his European-emigrant parents. His German father was an eminent New York piano teacher, his Czech mother a lecturer and translator of books. Brother Arthur was a well-known concert pianist, critic and teacher until his death last January. As for Frank, he lasted out the early days of the Depression on hustle and odd jobs, then began singing his own songs for his supper at an East Side night spot. That...