Word: gurus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American Enterprise Institute), Dick Morris (political consultant) and Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) to build a highly successful campaign around eliminating ATM fees. Perhaps he's mocking the American voter, or the election system, or even himself. Whatever his point, doggonit, it's sharper than making fun of 12-step gurus...
From former Clinton policy gurus to leading sociologists, Harvard faculty members voiced concern that the shrinking welfare rolls can be attributed to unprecedented economic strength and jobs which don't provide adequate safety nets...
...thinking about the state of investigative reporting in America. These days investigative reporting has largely given way to and is confused with reports of investigations. No matter that prosecutors (special and not) and their targets have made selective leaks a part of their strategy. Ditto the public relations gurus who are so effective at leaking on behalf of their corporate and celebrity clients. We in the media are too often happy accepting credit for disclosing that which has been dumped in our laps...
Howard Gardner, along with other education gurus, deserves a large amount of the blame for the low achievement of public school students. Teachers take a shred of truth--in Gardner's case, that students have different aptitudes and learning styles--and manipulate it into the absurd, so that students build boats instead of reading and writing about European settlers. These education theorists have replaced knowledge with process, phonics with whole language, merit with relevance and rigor with self-esteem. As a teacher who plans to retire soon, I shudder to think what the future holds for our youth if these...
...went to India; she tested her physical limits in a triathlon; she passed on interviews. When she re-entered the studio earlier this year, she had more on her mind and much more to say; the songs on her new CD deal with such issues as false gurus and abusive relationships...