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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...year-old teacher hangs his motto over the chalkboard in large black letters: THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS!! He opens his classroom at 7 a.m.--an hour early--for optional math study. After regular classes end at 2:48 p.m., he offers 45 minutes of Shakespeare, rehearsing a single play all year. Afterward, still on his own time, Esquith coaches volleyball, teaches computer use and helps with homework. Saturday mornings he tutors 40 former pupils, in Grades 6 through 9, in more Shakespeare--along with Ibsen, Chekhov, algebra and SAT preparation. Saturday afternoons he rehearses music with his students. "Call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Teacher Works Six Days a Week | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

Johnson said the campaign is, in part, a response to the motto of the New York Police Department's Street Crimes Unit, "we own the streets." The officers who shot Diallo belonged to the special unit...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BSA Elects Executive Board | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...first of these shows, "Survivor," is currently in production and slated to begin airing on a weekly basis starting Wednesday, May 31. Jeff Probst, of VH-1's "Rock & Roll Jeopardy," will serve as the host of this island odyssey, whose motto is "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast." In mid-March, sixteen castaways (eight men, eight women) were dropped on an uninhabited island in the South China Sea. They must build their own shelter and gather their own food. They are allowed only one "non-survivor tool" from home, like a picture or a hairbrush, but nothing else. They will have...

Author: By Andrew P. Nikonchuck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lord of the Ratings | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...magazine is titled "Rising Tide" (after the unofficial Republican motto: "A Rising Tide Sinks Everything but Yachts") and is full of quite interesting news about the Democratic candidates. Behold the articles on page 29, "Democrats Play the Race Card While Calling People 'Cripple' and 'Fatso,'" and page 30, "Cabinet Secretaries Moonlight as Gore Flacks." And the cover story: a Gore Supreme Court lineup that's made up of Hillary and Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Naomi Wolf, Al Sharpton, Barbara Streisand, James Carville, Rosie O'Donnell and Larry Flynt...

Author: By Noelle Eckley, | Title: A Rising Tide of Republicans? | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...Farrakhan's Nation of __ 32. In debt 35. Auctioneer's word 36. Columnist Joseph or Stewart 37. Brandon __ (Hilary Swank Oscar-winning role) 39. Mrs. Dithers 40. What Juan needed to come get Elian 41. Bibliography abbr. 42. It's keeping instant replay 43. __ y Plata (Montana' s motto) 44. Passive principle, in Chinese philosophy 45. CPR giver, perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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