Word: towards
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...depth of 70 fathoms in the western Pacific and extending from Papua New Guinea to the international dateline. As they tracked it over the next few months, following its development through a vast network of buoys tethered to the sea floor, it slowly expanded up and east, toward South America. Now, like a spume-blowing whale, it has broken through to the surface, forcing temperatures across a 5,000-mile strip of ocean to drop more than 15[degrees]F in just four weeks...
...topics include Internet marketing, electronic-commerce marketing, multimedia and design, computer-network management, global-marketplace strategies, client service and retention, and managing a business in the face of new competitors. "Some of the courses we offer are so specific and narrowly focused that they would not really be applicable toward a degree," says Richard Vigilante, director of the Information Technologies Institute, part of New York University's School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies. Enrollment at the institute goes up about 12% every year. Noncredit courses throughout the continuing-ed school range in cost from...
...some politicians agree on one thing: teachers' salaries need a big boost to attract and retain high-achieving candidates. (On average, first-year teachers make $25,000 a year.) In response to his state's teacher-testing debacle, Massachusetts senate president Thomas Birmingham last week proposed spending $100 million toward giving top college graduates a $20,000 bonus to lure them into teaching. Senator Kerry too called for "raising teacher salaries and paying [them] like professionals." Given the scope of the teaching crisis and the priority voters make of education, politicians of both parties might just agree to throw money...
...reduced the number of women who identify themselves as feminists and encouraged the current feminist obsession with sex: the arrogation of the feminist movement by radicals like Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin who turned the focus of the women's movement away from equal rights and equal pay and toward viewing sex as a form of domination. And it was in conscious rebellion against these leaders that "pro-sex" feminists like Camille Paglia and Naomi Wolf set the stage for the current trend of celebrating female sexuality. MARY KENDALL New York City...
...will not be found by federal agents or dogs," and as if to underline his confidence, according to the New York Times, he even left a handwritten note in the abandoned truck explaining that it belonged to the well-liked Nordmann. That suggests Rudolph may be trying to move toward an endgame, an impression reinforced by one other detail: The fugitive reportedly asked Nordmann for a detailed map of were the federal agents are staying. So far his exploits seem calculated to make him a legend in the fringe world of right-wing militias and antigovernment enclaves, despite the fact...