Word: programing
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Citystep, an undergraduate program which teaches dance to children in city schools, has been severely handicapped by these drawbacks, Mnookin said...
...Boston chapter of the Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) has called on Graham to resign from an advisory board to the foundation, which has close ties to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Graham serves on the advisory board to the Next Century Innovative Schools Program, which will donate $30 million over the next five years to elementary and secondary schools willing to "take risks" in order to improve the quality of education...
...letter went on to say, "No matter what goodthis program promises, the implicit legitimationof RJR and its cigarettes will produce vastlygreater negative consequences in terms ofaddiction, disease and death...
...camera spills are dangerous and might encourage reckless behavior; Di Bona and crew have rejected some clips for that reason (like one showing a toddler apparently driving a car, while a parent actually steers off-camera). Others are concerned that people may begin to stage scenes specially for the program. That would spoil the caught-in-the-act charm but would hardly be unexpected. Once you give America a chance to produce a show for you, don't be surprised if everybody wants to be a star...
...most promising efforts involve juvenile offenders before they get into the prison system. In a successful Massachusetts program, a social worker may devote from 10 to 50 hours each week to a single youthful offender, offering counsel and guidance through government bureaucracies. Such programs require time, dedication and money. But with prisons bursting at the seams, there may be no alternative...