Word: countdowns
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Pilbeam, who took office after Knowles’ prostate cancer worsened, says he would be willing to add a month of two to his countdown, but hopes his tenure will not continue into the fall semester...
...Pilbeam, who took office after Knowles’ prostate cancer worsened, says he would be willing to add a month of two to his countdown, but hopes his tenure will not continue into the fall semester...
...countdown time in Philadelphia's public schools. Just 21 days remain before the state reading and math tests in March, and the kids and faculty at James G. Blaine Elementary, an all-black, inner-city school that spans pre-K to eighth grade, have been drilling for much of the day. At 2:45 in the afternoon, Rasheed Abdullah, the kinetic lead math teacher, stages what could be called a prep rally with 11 third-graders. The kids, who are at neither the top nor the bottom of their class, have been selected for intensive review--as has a contingent...
...happy series of energetic moments." Then for about 15 minutes his eyes play tricks on him, and a wall of shimmering light obscures his field of vision. "There's no pain at that point," says Schipper, who produces documentaries for the History Channel. "But once the shimmer starts, the countdown begins...
...countdown to high-profile hearings in the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats are preparing to do battle today over whether the firing of eight Republican U.S. attorneys last year by the Bush Administration was politically motivated. The Justice Department's number two official claimed last year that poor "performance" was behind the firings, a contention disputed by the dismissed officials. One of the group, David Iglesias of New Mexico, alleged over the weekend that he had been called by two members of Congress last year, and that both had pressured him to conduct a criminal investigation of Democrats before...