Word: staggering
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Year-round schools can also be a way to use facilities more efficiently. Some overcrowded schools stagger students into different tracks, ensuring that a fraction of the student body will be away during every grading period. Socorro schools were able to serve 2,000 more children during the 1993-94 academic year because of its multitrack calendar, a great help in a district that grows by 1,500 kids a year...
...month later, Seshan issued yet another diktat. Ignoring the Rao government's wishes, he decided to stagger balloting in four important northern states over a month, so that 40,000 troops could be deployed in each state to prevent vote rigging. The government then tried to weaken Seshan's power by appointing the two additional election commissioners to outvote his decisions, but the embattled commissioner won a supreme court injunction preventing the action. Next, Congress hit on the strategy of a constitutional amendment. V.C. Shukla, Rao's Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, argued that the reason was merely that "we want...
...true that warm weather is rare in Cambridge, but there are enough such weekends to schedule should ArtsFirst and Yard Fest at different times. Next year the organizers should stagger the events. It seems clear that artists and spectators alike would benefit from the change...
...means. Already it is clear that the reforms will not be fully phased in for years and that Clinton proposes not to cover illegal immigrants. Such purists as Magaziner and the First Lady oppose any further concessions, but Administration pragmatists -- including the President -- reportedly believe Clinton will have to stagger coverage further to win congressional support. As a first public step toward redefining the terms of debate, House Speaker Tom Foley pointed out last week that Clinton had not used the term "universal coverage" but had instead said "guaranteed coverage for every American." The wink was not lost on liberals...
...state. She and a friend fished, hunted and foraged to feed themselves. Living that way "makes you very alert and aware of everything around you, from tree branches and wild mushrooms to animal tracks," Proulx says. "It's excellent training for the eye. Most of us stagger around deaf and blind...