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Calculus reform: catching the wave?
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November 14, 1987|
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Calculus Reform: Catching the Wave?
Calculus is big, important--and in trouble. This was one of the messages that came out of a recent conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on the future of calculus education. The meeting attracted more than 600 mathematicians, educators and other professionals worried about the state of calculus teaching. The large attendance reflected a growing feeling that something ought to be done to reform the way calculus is taught (SN:4/5/86, p.220).
"We are not doing a good job in teaching what we are ...
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Forbes Announces Elevation Partners Investment in Family Held Company; Both Companies Cite Exciting Opportunities for Growth and The Future.
Business Wire
; NEW YORK -- Forbes, a family held company, announced today an investment...become a minority shareholder in a newly formed company, Forbes Media, LLC, the publisher of Forbes magazine, Forbes.com and other media properties. In...
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Forbes Media Acquires Fifty-One Percent Stake in RealClearPolitics.com.
Business Wire
; ...monthly visitors. "Just as Forbes.com has become the top...politics and policy," said John McIntyre. "We're very pleased to be joining the Forbes Media organization at...delivering the best of Forbes journalism and that of...com: Founded in 2000 by John McIntyre and Tom Bevan...
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Forbes Spent $18 Million on Race Last Year
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Astoria Hotel in New York, where Forbes raised more than $1 million...hosted the fund-raiser. Forbes did his media buying through John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster...Virginia Gov. George Allen. Forbes also paid McLaughlin $260...
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Forbes buys time -- on TV
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...state's rivers and streams, Forbes has been flooding New Hampshire...television screens. "I'm Steve Forbes," he says in ads throughout...of our schools to parents." John DiStaso of the Manchester Union-Leader reported that Forbes bought $49,000 of time for...
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FORBES EMBODIES THE CAPITALIST DREAM MONEY AND FUN EQUAL ENDS.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Millionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes pursues the "unalienable rights...and often self-deprecating, Forbes fills the mold of the ideal...millionaires ever since the original John D. Rockefeller doled out dimes. Forbes is the possessor of a personal...
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Forbes Is Putting His Imprint on Politics; Despite Setbacks, Businesslike Approach Offers Peek at Campaigning's Future
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...beginning, Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr.'s campaign has been built...businessmen and fellow conservatives Forbes consulted were pessimistic...t get anywhere.' " Still, Forbes was not discouraged. Through Dal Col, he hired pollster John McLaughlin of Alexandria who...
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FORBES AIMS TO `UNITE THE RIGHT' IN HIS BATTLE WITH BUSH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Wealthy publisher Steve Forbes was the hare of the 1996 Republican...of Christian conservatives. Forbes has been the most frequent Washington...competition. Arizona Sen. John McCain will kick off his campaign...womens' convention, as will Forbes and McCain. P-I reporter...
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Forbes may not become president, but his ideas are getting plenty of play.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...what the Bush people fear,'' Forbes said in a recent interview aboard...everywhere.'' That is what sets Forbes apart from the other main challenger...Bush's nomination, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. McCain...elsewhere, is more popular than Forbes virtually everywhere else...
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Forbes to quit with no regrets.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...aide told The Times. The Forbes aide, who did not want...said that some of Mr. Forbes' supporters hope he will...support to Arizona Sen. John McCain, "bringing the...Independent pollster John Zogby said he expects that "for every two Forbes voters Bush gets, McCain...
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Forbes steps up campaign as key primaries draw near
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...quickly narrowing, Steve Forbes's campaign is pushing...Bush and challenger John McCain. The Forbes campaign's hectic schedule...one of two states that Forbes won in the 1996 primary...in the GOP campaign. John McCain, who is fast catching...
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