Word: programing
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...liberal as St. Paul's here at Harvard). In elementary school religion classes, we were taught that Jesus loved the poor more than the rich. We once visited a local synagogue to learn about how "our Jewish brothers and sisters" worship God. In our high school religious education program we discussed such issues as Christian social justice, being gay and Catholic and rock music and Christianity...
Powell, the New York-born son of Jamaican immigrants, entered the Army via the ROTC program at the City College of New York. He too got a boost from the White House, where he was a fellow in 1972, working for Frank Carlucci, then deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. When Carlucci became National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan, he named Powell as his deputy. Powell became Reagan's Security Adviser in 1987 when Carlucci was appointed Secretary of Defense...
...right-of-center Republican Administration, Cheney may be the most conservative Cabinet member. As a Congressman, Cheney recalls with some pride, "I never voted against a weapons program." His only significant misstep since taking over at the Pentagon resulted from his ingrained distrust of the Soviet Union. He once speculated publicly that Gorbachev would not last long in Moscow. He jokes that he keeps a list of 10 actions that will prove that the Soviets have truly changed. Even though some of them -- like the unification of Germany -- have been fulfilled, the list always stands at 10. "Every time they...
...measures test-savvy, not reading ability. He found that 172 college students correctly answered, on average, 38% of the multiple-choice comprehension questions without even reading the test selections. Many colleges, notably in the Midwest, are turning to the rival ACT exam, put out by the American College Testing Program. That 3-hr. battery of exams claims to measure student skills in four curriculum areas: English, reading, science reasoning and math...
...fact, ETS is moving as aggressively as a for-profit corporation would in seeking to expand its business. Among other things, the service is using computers and interactive video in new grammar-school courses that are designed to advance critical-thinking skills. In a program currently under development in Brookline, Mass., students play reporters who "investigate" a story from classical mythology under the direction of a computerized editor and their homeroom teacher. Then the youngsters write a story on what they have discovered. ETS is also working with computers to redesign the National Teachers Exam, used in 34 states...