Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there is an impetus toward developing largeCore courses for the purpose of creating teachingslots, it needs to be monitored," Kuhn said. "Thedrift of teaching effort into large Core coursesis already noticeable in some departments. I knowit is in mine...
...last year's publicity seems to have blown over, and some students say they can feel a difference in the school's attitude toward women...
...cover only 25% of the country's population. With 18 G.O.P. incumbents running this year, Republicans will at worst maintain their count of 32 governorships, and probably will pick up at least three more. And they'll do it in some improbable places. In Connecticut, which has recently leaned toward Democrats, incumbent John Rowland is running 40 points ahead of Barbara Kennelly, daughter of the state's most powerful Democratic don. Colorado may elect its first Republican Governor since 1970, and in Georgia businessman Guy Millner is poised to become the first Republican in the statehouse this century. G.O.P. gubernatorial...
...architect that Barcelona, or Spain itself, has ever produced. Back in 1992, the auxiliary bishop of Barcelona, Joan Carrera, called the beatification move "a legitimate and reasonable proposal." In a pastoral letter last Aug. 23, Ricard Maria Cardinal Carles declared his intent to begin the long and labyrinthine process toward beatifying "the universal Catalan architect." There is even an Association for the Beatification of Antoni Gaudi, headed by an architect named Jose Manuel Almuzara...
...certainly not a techie--suggests that kids shouldn't use computers. But even industry insiders say parents need to set some guidelines for their use. Mary Furlong, the founder and CEO of Third Age Media, says she steers her two boys, ages 11 and 18, toward creativity-enhancing software like Kid Pix, a drawing program, and SimCity, a strategic-planning game. "Be as careful choosing software as you are with books," she advises parents. "Learn what's right for different ages." Marleen McDaniel, the CEO of Women.com lets her two boys, ages 7 and 10, play "almost as long...