Word: wolfing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...POLITICALLY CORRECT toss around serious charges like "racist!" and "sexist!" so often to promote conformity that actual incidents of racism and sexism are often written off as wolf-crying...
...projected a $4 million decline in aid to the city from the state government in the 1992 fiscal year. The cut would shrink the percentage of the city budget provided by the state from the 1988 level of 22 percent to 13.7 percent by 1992. The gap in income, Wolf said, must be filled by increased property taxes...
...Somehow we have to be able to do things with the money we have now," Wolf answered. "I support the concept that we have to be able to do new things with the existing resources...
When asked what sorts of new plans she supports, Wolf said that she would concentrate her efforts on improving science and math education. The mayor pointed out that the school board has already hired a new curriculum director to oversee such reforms...
...Wolf said she advocated finding ways to provide students with a "basic core curriculum without stifling approaches" to teaching. Wolf added that she would like to create more "support systems" for teachers dealing with the challenges of educating Cambridge's ethnically diverse student body...