Search Details

Word: proper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Hilary is a very good athlete and a hard worker," Brand said. "Plus, she has talent, which helps a lot. She's already learning the proper timing and she has great footwork...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fencing Splits Against Brandeis | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...definitely capable of reading and doing simple mathematics. Teaching them these subjects is not asking too much of them. It is merely encouraging them to work to their full ability instead of allowing their minds to stagnate until they have reached what the school system designates as the proper age at which one should learn to read. KATIE RASCHKO, AGE 17 Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...teaching children to read before age five is wrong, when is the proper time? My parents caught me reading your magazine at age three and entered me in the first grade at age four. My early education gave me many valuable experiences. I speak for myself and other gifted students who were probably bored to death with the regular pace and curriculum of their classrooms. Kids are ready when they are ready, and some teachers will welcome the challenge. DANA HURD Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Savenor's employees help customers decide which bird best suits their holiday needs. "When [customers] call, I always ask how many people will be eating so that I can recommend a proper size," Moreau says...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turkey Day Brings Business to Savenor's | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...kill since he was 12. In 1997 he was found to have depression and anger-management problems and put on Prozac, which he later stopped taking. Critics of the sentence are disturbed that Kinkel's illness was not given due weight and feel that he is unlikely to get proper mental-health care in prison. "It's throwing away a life without regard for the possibility that Kinkel could change or that the circumstances that led to this could be mediated," says Barry Krisberg, president of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. But Jennifer Alldredge, a student shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Locking Up The Voices | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next