Word: lessoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iraq Liberation Act last year--can it still work with that leader? It is probably a faux-pas beyond even the smoothest of diplomats to simultaneously vow to remove a nation's leaders and then invite them over for tea and deal-making. Perhaps this is the most important lesson from the corrosive experience of Iraq, we must be careful not to cut connections with powerful despots, for they may be our only chance to help their nation's people. As we stare into the eyes of Slobodan Milosevic today, and the leaders of Indonesia, Pakistan, North Korea or China...
...show in Ontario, Calif., where rivals AMC and Edwards Theatres have set up megaplexes with a combined 52 screens practically across the street from each other. While both theaters claim to make a profit, neither is happy. Apparently, though, the rest of the industry hasn't learned its lesson: developers in Chicago are building two neighboring theaters in a similar face-off. Says Jeff Blake, president of worldwide distribution at Columbia Pictures: "Building screens at $1 million each and closing theaters that aren't fully amortized has to hurt...
...know there are many people who feel that serving the occasional beer or wine to teenagers at home may actually decrease the allure of drinking. While that sounds logical (and very sophisticated), I think the more legitimate lesson is that there are simply some privileges and pleasures that should be confined to adults. We teach our children more by demonstrating how we handle our liquor than by giving it to them...
...wish I could say the same for Broderbund's Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Version 10 Deluxe ($50), but the truth is, my fingers ache after each lesson. In my mind I know this is a good product, but learning to type properly is hard work. Still, Mavis' perky comments like, "Look out, world, here comes a great typist!" are reassuring--especially when I'm typing 15 words a minute. And the program adapts its lessons to tackle weak spots--in my case anything not on the home row. For a break, kids can play games like Far-off Adventure...
Rebecca Durkee's mom taught her exclusively at home from structured lesson plans--no evolution, thank you. Studying to be a chef, Rebecca had to learn how to do "self-motivated work," while Katie Harwood recalls "learning what we wanted, mostly arty things." Tad Heuer took violin and art classes at public school to supplement home-taught history and literature studies that included visits to Civil War battlefields and 19th century authors' homes...