And the Labour Party's fondness for schools innovation has never extended far below the modernising elite embodied by the suave Mr Hunt.His party is also digging in against giving permission for new schools in areas where there is an overall shortage of pupil places but unfilled ones in undersubscribed, less successful schools.
How many films had D. W. Griffith seen?" Payne's immersion in classic movies has influenced his technique: you can see it in his fondness for old-school devices like split screens and wipes.
And the appearance of the movement's members can be just as intimidating: Long derided as "Hollywood Nazis" for their fondness for old-school Nazi regalia, the group had in recent years adopted a more modern look: black jackets, pants and boots.
Even if the kids do better, though, it's fair to ask whether the price has been too high -- whether all this test prep has killed whatever residual fondness the kids had for school or learning.
At Rashtrapati Bhavan, the president's red sandstone palace, 4,000-odd guests indulged Mr Modi's fondness since school for dramatics.
Even so, Mr. Haven is demonstrating a fondness for kicking it old school.
The gala, with its yellow-and-violet theme, is the social event of the season — particularly for Mitteleuropean equiphiles with a fondness for the famed Spanish Riding School, where it's held.
Meanwhile George P. Bush expressed his love for Texas high school football, his fondness for the odd session of computer gaming and the fact he was not in favour of mandatory national service for young people (not much surprise there).
She tells of her fondness for gingham, which she often wore to school as a child.
We also saw NAOMI CAMPBELL, GINA GERSHON and MIKE MYERS, who entertained us at length by talking about Canada's subsidized school lunches and his fondness for chips and gravy.
