Word: connections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Singh says his past and present connect perfectly. He was always good at organizing things. He has always tried to live a moral life. "I don't see any divergence in my program," he says. In 1979 he borrowed $7,500, started rehabbing buildings in New England and prospered; luck or savvy got him into Key West before the Northeast real estate market went flat...
...dean also proposed at least two new sciencebuildings, one next to the Physics and theDivision of Applied Sciences offices, and anotherto connect the Chemistry and Molecular Biologybuildings. The fundrasing source estimatedconstruction costs to be in the $100 millionrange...
...third political party that would represent women's concerns seemed laughable to young women who do not want to isolate themselves by gender but prefer to work with men. When Sarah Calian, a senior at Brown University, went to hear Yard lecture on campus, she could not connect. Though Calian brims with ambitions for a major career and her first child by 35, she says, "I never felt so not a part of something. I don't know who she was talking...
...Crimson's next contest was against 11th-ranked Air Force. Unfortunately, Harvard was cursed by the "post god" in losing, 9-5. The Crimson unleashed 25 shots but could connect only five times, rattling the goalposts numerous times...
...mathematics, apprenticeship methods focus less on formulas than on analyzing the way a mathematician chooses a path to a solution. The technique is valid for higher math as well as basic arithmetic. In East Lansing, Mich., Magdalene Lampert's fifth-graders connect numbers to real-world situations. Instead of dutifully working out common denominators to compare fractions, for example, one of her students reasoned that "five-sixths is smaller than seven-eighths because the piece that is missing in seven-eighths is smaller than in five-sixths." Says Lampert: "This reveals more complicated thinking and a better understanding of symbols...