Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...committee of elected teachers. They have worked together to change the school's 1,200 students, 30% of whom live in public housing projects, from passive recipients of knowledge into active problem solvers. "Covering the material is not the goal," says Hohmann. "Learning how to learn is the point...
...little time to shift gears. Clay-court players typically stay back near the baseline and trade shots until an opponent makes an error. Grass-court players rush the net and smash unplayable returns low along the sidelines. On clay there is always one more chance to win the point; on grass it's now or never. The surfaces are so different that, among men, only Bjorn Borg in the past two decades -- and no one since 1980 -- has won the French Open and Wimbledon the same year...
Like many immigrants, the short story was born in Europe and flourishes across the Atlantic. Case in point: The Barnum Museum (Poseidon; 237 pages; $18.95). Although Steven Millhauser can tell a straightforward anecdote, his true strength is magic realism. In one tale a boy steps behind a movie screen to find rooms full of ectoplasmic actors coming to life for an audience of one; in another, a certain Mr. Porter runs into inclement weather and washes away like a watercolor in a rainstorm. Brilliant parodies, pastiches and comments on Alice in Wonderland, Sinbad and T.S. Eliot show how this gifted...
...fact, the South is at a generational turning point, torn between those who remember the hardship and the dangers of the past and young people who often seem heedless of the lessons of history. Many older South Koreans still distrust the chaotic uncertainties of democracy, with its attendant student riots and labor unrest. While they may be uncomfortable with the nation's continued dependence on U.S. troops, they remember all too clearly why the soldiers are there...
...1/2-hour operatic extravaganza called Einstein on the Beach. The sung text consisted solely of numbers and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., while the music was built from a series of simple phrases, insistently repeated. The effect was either riveting or maddening, depending on one's point of view. But few could deny that a powerful new movement had been born...