Word: wachtell
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...theater succeed in wooing young people? George Wachtel, who conducted the 1997 audience study, blames their lack of interest on a 1980s decline in arts education in schools. "Today's 18-to-24-year-olds did not have the exposure in their formative years," he says. Most Broadway shows, along with groups like the Theatre Development Fund, are trying to address that by sponsoring organized class visits and events like Kids' Night, when children accompanied by an adult can get in free. Another factor keeping kids away, of course, is high ticket prices. Since its opening, Rent has set aside...
...Attention Deficit Answer Book (Plume), Dr. Alan Wachtel writes that even when medication is warranted, Ritalin is not necessarily the best choice. Also, says Wachtel, there are "behavioral techniques" and "psychological interventions" to employ. In January, Norton will be publishing Ritalin Nation. The author, Richard DeGrandpre, argues that the demand for the drug is an unfortunate result of our speeded-up society. "We're not just moving through our lives faster," he writes. "We're also acquiring a heightened need for speed...
Inevitably, Thiede's thesis has been sharply criticized by other experts who question both his credentials as a papyrologist and his methodology. Says Klaus Wachtel of the Institute for New Testament Exegesis at the University of Munster: "Thiede's paleographic arguments for an early dating are demonstrably untenable." The British scholar Graham Stanton insists that "the case for a first-century date does not stand up to scrutiny...
According to Lynn Wachtel, the executivedirector of the state office of minority business,Cavalier eventually won certification as awoman-owned business, Sources say documentssubmitted by Libby finally cleared up the matter...
...other three panelists were Barbara G. Pieper, an Institute of Politics fellow; Lynn Wachtel, chair of Women Executives in State Government; and Phyllis Ann Wallace, an MIT professor emerita in economics...