Word: young
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't know where to go, what to do," says Allison. If as a young broker he had been too nervous to even make trades on behalf of his clients, as a fugitive he was proving incapable of even making a decision about where...
...eggs either: virtually all egg donors are in fact sellers, at a typical rate of between $3,000 and $5,000 per ovum, plus medical expenses. And an unnamed egg-seeking couple put an ad in several college papers last winter offering $50,000 for eggs from a young woman with specific physical and intellectual attributes...
...Harris says he's getting calls from more young women who want to be donors, including students from Harvard and Berkeley and "a Bo Derek look-alike." One of his charter donors, actress Nicole Newman, 25, says she's sticking with the project in the hopes of making money for college--and to be right where the action is. "It's the new millennium," she says. "We're the first people at the door...
...athletes--is widening the developmental and age gaps among the students. A "typical" kindergarten class contains kids ages 4 to 6 whose level of development varies widely. Some barely know their letters, while others are fairly fluent readers. Sue Bredekamp, editor of a widely used guide for teachers of young children, says, "What teachers tell us is that expectations for kindergartners have become more standardized, while the pool of kids in kindergarten has become more diverse. Some have been in day care and other social situations since they were six months old, while others are away from home...
...that way fail." More time spent sitting and listening to a teacher may not be appropriate for younger learners, who benefit from moving around the room and from hands-on learning, exploration and experimentation. For some early learners, the difficulty of merely sitting still and being attentive at a young age can derail schooling and even lead to a diagnosis of learning disabilities. "You look in a school and see all these Ritalin bottles, and you think, 'What is the atmosphere like in this classroom?'" Bredekamp says...