Word: ouida
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doing a great service. They're ferreting out slang, vulgarities and also things that are unpatriotic." Yet many classroom teachers object to the Gablers' narrow viewpoints, and the Texas State Teachers Association helped PFAW by sending them the Gablers' criticisms in advance. Says Austin English Teacher Ouida Whiteside: "We all sat back for a long time and thought the whole thing was a joke. Suddenly we realized we'd been had." However, Grace Grimes, a deputy commissioner of education who chaired the textbook hearings, insists that the Gablers are just one component of the selection process...