Word: topically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...home. Its main flaw, perhaps, is that the three central characters really don't amount to much. Time drags on the Desert, even if it is only an hour. And worst of all, the entire conception doesn't quite come off. The wild west notion is certainly a good topic for satire, but when it is pushed to an indictment of yesterday's and today's America, it falls flat in its saddle...
...Review will be published quarterly. Each issue will be devoted to a single topic, approached from various angles to provide a balanced view of political problems...
...other tutors in the original group had what one called more "teacherly" reasons for dissatisfaction. They complained they felt helpless in a senior tutorial situation that forced them to supervise theses on topics unfamiliar to them. After a few meetings, the tutee often knew more about his topic than his tutor did, and the tutors felt they were reduced to mere technical supervision, unable to contribute very much to the undergraduate's effort. Also, they were looking for a way to teach rather than simply to tutor, an arrangement that would allow them to take a more creative role...
...ready to disclose details of a proposed new constitution, now being drawn up by a panel of Spanish jurists, which presumably would spell out the nation's future form of government. The closest Franco would come to the topic that fascinated all Spaniards was: "We propose to renew and accelerate our institutional process to establish those measures which, with the general consent and within the spirit of our traditions and the events of our day, must serve to guarantee in the future the continuity of our work...
...many schools, sex is still a harder topic to handle than space orbits. Nonetheless, educators believe that learning about sex will soon become as commonplace in the curriculum as learning how to read or drive a car. For while the moral standards must and will always be imparted (or neglected), implicitly or explicitly, by the parents, the clinical facts are often best taught by a third person...