Word: topically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...courses comprising that educational experience have what Rosovsky calls a "special educational challenge." They tackle a subject at a rigorous level, Rosovsky explains, but for people who take the course for liberal education, not people who are necessarily interested in acquiring an in-depth knowledge of a particular topic...
...insisted on the topic "Intoxications of Life" and wanted an appropriate setting for such an address, Wiedemann, editor of Campaigns and Elections magazine, said...
...obviously has not learned: You have to conserve your power to obtain votes for the really big issues. Lewis claims that Fritz tried to make that point to the Georgia Mafia early in the administration, but no one was listening. Instead, Carter flooded Congress with legislation on every conceivable topic, and much of it is still gathering dust in Congressional file cabinets...
...conferences at which they can discuss their work. More than 200,000 students from grades 1 through 12 in 35 states are engaged in the Individualized Language Arts program, funded by the Government. I.L.A. students meet two or three times a week, write short paragraphs on the same assigned topic, read them aloud, discuss possible improvements and then revise, often at greater length. The Bay Area Writing Project has spread from Berkeley, Calif., to 74 communities around the country. Its aim is to teach writing teachers how to teach writing. All sorts of methods are used, including the rewriting...
...nagging problem, particularly in a sagging economy, is raising the necessary money. This was the principal topic of a three-day national symposium on the "American Movie Palace" held last week in Milwaukee, under the sponsorship of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. The most significant message came from Washington. It was delivered by Paul C. Pritchard, deputy director of the Interior Department's new Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, who bore the bad news that direct federal support for theater preservation projects is drying up. The good news was that under...