Word: wagoneer
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...from Jacksonville, Ill., Ronald Reagan stood in front of a farm wagon piled high with freshly harvested corn, defied the cold winds and predicted a warm economic climate just ahead. "It takes gumption to stick with longer-term solutions," he declared during a denunciation of the economic policies of past Democratic Administrations. "I don't want to go back. Do you?" Standing ankle-deep in the dark mud, about 4,000 farmers murmured no. Like the rest of the nation, even this partisan campaign crowd sounded slightly unsure about the political course the nation should take...
...unwelcome wagon...
...midday sun, was sitting in the center of the playground. In a semicircle around it stood a dozen four-year-olds, their eyes glazed, staring intently at the dark screen. Three adults emerged from the adjacent schoolhouse and lifted the set into the back of a station wagon. As the car pulled away, several of the children rushed to the wire fence, pushed their outstretched hands through the loops, and cried plaintively: "Goodbye, Mr. TV. Goodbye...
...exactly the stumbling block on which previous reform efforts have tumbled. Unfortunately, his scenario is so far in the clouds that it loses all relevance to education's current state. Notes sociologist David Riesman '31, who has taken exception publicly to Paideia's generally positive reception: "Hitching your wagon to a star is one thing, but if the wagon is mired in the mud and the star looks too remote, no one will make the effort to move...
...obvious flake unloads his home computer from a Mercedes station wagon with Connecticut plates, and Dad says something like. "So really, what does it take to get in He's got top-notch scores, will he make it?" They told us about this at proctor orientation but it hadn't seemed possible "Yes," I reply, "I can guarantee...