Word: regular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...showed that the country had a gross national product of $360 billion in 1978, compared with $2.107 trillion for the U.S. The average Chinese buys only $6 worth of goods per month, excluding food. Out of a population of an estimated 960 million, only about 95 million people receive regular wages. For the others, who are paid partly in rice and other grains, Chen's plan to raise living standards has scarcely come a moment too soon...
...histrionic lessons were devised by Romance Languages Professor John A. Rassias, 53, an actor turned scholar who pioneered the Dartmouth Intensive Language Model now used to teach languages in 58 U.S. schools. In regular courses for undergraduates, Rassias and his followers frequently teach by play acting, as well as by pats on the head for good students. "The method brings emotions into the classroom," explains the professor. "Unless you feel a new language emotionally, the words won't come out when you need them." For the transit police project whose $18,000 cost was paid by private foundations, Rassias...
While the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last February that the reservation of seats for minority members in the student government is unconstitutional, the State of North Carolina is contesting that decision because a retired judge substituted for one of the regular judges...
...Their schools have been closed, but their children have not been allowed to attend classes with Vietnamese. In the event of another border clash with the People's Republic, the Chinese have been told, they face "liquidation" or imprisonment. In what was formerly South Viet Nam, there are regular announcements by radio and wall poster of how the Chinese can apply to emigrate. Upon leaving the country, the southerners are required to declare that "I am happy to give my property to the Vietnamese government...
...likes to hear," Parker muses. "It's got blues, soul, a lot of different things in it." What gives the songs much of their spirit and a good deal of their body English is frequent adrenal shocks of anger. These dosages may be taken as a tonic at regular intervals, or they may be administered locally, as when Parker took in a recent concert by Ron Wood and the New Barbarians. He went for a lark but discovered the enemy: "A lot of guys with long hair singing about floating in the sunlight and 'Hey, baby, get down...