Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is no question that expectations for curriculum and standards dropped over the past 20 years. In many schools, the art of diagramming sentences went the way of Wuthering Heights, and survey literature courses were transformed into cotton-candy electives like "Expressions of Love." Nationally, average scores on the verbal portion of SATS dropped more than 50 points from 1963 to 1980. A California survey found that many math and science texts now in use are ten to 20 years old. One book still used as a reference in a second-grade classroom near Cape Canaveral even tips off students...
...namby-pamby excuse heard in recent months to explain the cancellation of his trip. In what amounted to a letter of apology to Marcos, Reagan assured the Filipino President that he would have gone ahead with the visit if it were not for a "problem with Congress." Adding more verbal saliva to Marcos' bootstraps, Reagan wrote that he was looking forward to meeting with Marcos "when a mutually acceptable date can be set" and that "our friendship for you remains as warm as ever...
...airliners. It was the first deal to buy U.S. commercial jets. Total price: $269 million, the biggest in airline history. The deal is certain to be followed by purchase orders from other carriers. National Airlines is expected to sign for six DC-8s on which it took a verbal option last August. For the traveler, the jets will bring...
Republicans usually have found reasons to excuse Watt's verbal pyrotechnics, or at least let them pass. But this time, some were not so forgiving. Seven G.O.P. Senators joined longstanding Democratic calls for Watt's resignation. A motion to that effect almost reached a vote on the Senate floor before Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr. got wind of the attempt and hastily gaveled the session into recess. Nonetheless, said Republican Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota, "these last remarks have pushed me over the edge...
...assistant professor's grievance reportedly described episodes of both verbal harassment and physical contact by Dominguez that persisted for at least a year...