Word: uniform
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...uniform lighting, comfortable chairs and easy access to the stacks were commended in review after review, article after article...
Blood drained from the faces of baseball purists earlier this year when someone suggested putting advertising on the sleeves of players' jerseys. But NASCAR covers every square inch of a driver's uniform and is proud of it. The right side of Gordon's Chevrolet is plastered with more than 40 logos, and fans say they go out of their way to buy the sponsors' products...
Scholarly studies of the effects of character ed are encouraging but inconclusive. Teachers and administrators, though, say their programs work. Their evidence is anecdotal but remarkably uniform. Steinberg of Gaithersburg Middle School says that since he instituted character ed four years ago, test scores are up and suspensions are down. The Round Rock, Texas, school district started character education last year after a survey of student attitudes showed some alarming results: 71% of students admitted to telling a lie in the previous month, for example. Round Rock's Jollyville Elementary School reports a 40% drop in disciplinary referrals since...
...were weeded out in the House." The support-the-boys rationale was happily echoed by the bill's chief author, Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Ted Stevens of Alaska. He said opposing the measure "would send the wrong message for the young men and women who represent this country in uniform." Not to mention those reindeer farmers back home...
Slate explains that because the two stores have different merchandising managers, they might carry some different products, but the bulk of the products and the basic lines of products carried are uniform...