There are descriptions of schools and fire companies; of the local invention of Pepsi (and the bankruptcy of its creator, Caleb Bradham); of the lives of artisans, indentured servants, sharecroppers, shipbuilders and watermen.
Gove, a former journalist, delighted his ex-colleagues in the Murdoch press and the Daily Mail with his chortling description of school inspectors, civil servants and teachers as "the Blob".
Against that all-too-familiar backdrop, I'm wondering how I'd advise a daughter who came to me with a description of school hallways she hates to walk down because every fourth boy has found a fresh new way of making a lewd gesture.
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However, the 17 schools are as institutions homogeneous in structure and our purpose was not to create deep descriptions of each school.
You can also use an "advanced search" page to type in the name or number of a school to get a description of the school, including a "school report card," which shows how students scored on state English and math tests.
His descriptions of art school make it clear that he was far from a conventional student.
As with many other descriptions of literary schools, magical realism eventually came to seem almost as much a curse as a blessing.
The respondent, a senior member of the admissions staff at each school, provided a detailed, confidential description of their school's selection processes the year before the introduction of the UKCAT, and every subsequent year, to allow an accurate evaluation of the use and impact of the UKCAT.
Ms. Foster, who was not raised Roman Catholic, recalled her mother's description of convent school.
Eterno agrees with Joel Klein's description of the school's enrollment during its last decade.
