Word: think
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Tourists looking for a quiet vacation are becoming nervous about a Hawaiian retreat. Says Paul Abramson, who owns a Manhattan travel agency and recently visited Waikiki: "Tourist guides warned that we should go out at night only in pairs and that ladies should hold on to their handbags. I think a lot of people come home afraid." Complains Peggy Ontai, who sells conch shells at a roadside stand on Oahu: "This crime has to stop. Tourists are too frightened to drive around the island and get out of their cars." Travel agents report that greater numbers of vacationers are opting...
Some of Lang's former students were quick to defend him. "I didn't think his class was too hard at all," says Julie Shapiro, who edits the Woodward High student newspaper. "Mr. Lang had us go over the readings line by line, and I think they added a lot to the course. Some kids hated the course in the beginning, but at the end they liked the work. He treated us like adults. He had standards...
...public school system, you have to have reasonable procedures to determine what is to be used, and the superintendent has to uphold them." Montgomery County has approved Aristotle's Poetics only for senior honor students. Asked Andrews: "What if a teacher decided to use Playboy or Hustler? I think the school system has an obligation to set standards and to set curriculum...
...another, commemorating the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth, depicts two heads, one weeping and the other angry, drawn in a style that coarsely parodies African tribal art. The triangular ceramic floor beneath the table bears the names of an additional 999 women, resurrected-or so one is encouraged to think-from the oubliette to which a paternalistic, male-centered version of history long ago consigned them...
Commenting on Gildea's return to the lineup, coach Vicki Hays said, "Considering Maureen has only put together about a week of straight workouts since her knee troubles began, she swam amazingly well. She's in such good shape that I don't think we've lost anything from her absence...