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This is a cool white garden, the steps from the yard to the front door set off by dark yews, puffs of white snowberries and cow parsley in long grass, white-flowering hydrangea bushes, and a white rambling rector rose sprawling up the walls.
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Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
After two and a half weeks, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was summoned to a conversation with the university rector.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
Jackson is the rector of Trinity Church Wall Street, an Episcopal parish in downtown Manhattan.
—Phillip A. Jackson, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
The height reduction and smaller retail layout pleased many, but Rev. Channing Smith, the Episcopal church’s rector, wants to see further reductions.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
After two and a half weeks, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was summoned to a conversation with the university rector.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
Jackson is the rector of Trinity Church Wall Street, an Episcopal parish in downtown Manhattan.
—Phillip A. Jackson, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
The height reduction and smaller retail layout pleased many, but Rev. Channing Smith, the Episcopal church’s rector, wants to see further reductions.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
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In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part.Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
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John Raymond, 62, faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 23 A Louisiana pastor and Christian school headmaster who was once a contestant on Survivor has been convicted of cruelty to juveniles.KC Baker, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
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Jonathan Pryce plays the persnickety headmaster who prefers to keep politics outside the school walls.Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
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Rocco, a retired teacher and administrator for the district has been a board member for over nine years.Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Cosby began her career as a teacher in an IPS elementary school and is program chair and professor of education at the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indianapolis.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Other skilled workers, such as yoga teachers, tai chi, and martial arts instructors, can also teach deep breathing techniques.Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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In late October, an instructor training a bus operator was involved in an argument with a woman on a bus, and the woman hit the instructor several times, then pulled the instructor off the bus while continuing to hit her, according to police and the bus employees’ union president.Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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To add to the fun, adult family members and sometimes even schoolteachers don fearsome demon masks and pretend to terrorize the neighborhood.Matt Ralphs, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
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The plot revolved around schoolteacher Elizabeth Thornton (Erin Krakow), who began a fresh start — with new romance, new challenges and new style.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2024
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The next biggest spender since Sept. 1 — a group of nurses and educators — went all in on one race, putting up $2.7 million to support Michelle Chambers, a Democrat running in state Senate District 35 in Southern California against fellow Democrat Laura Richardson.CalMatters, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite a lack of funding for even basic educational necessities, and school district leaders who only care about the barest minimum standards, these educators are united by their drive to surpass expectations and encourage their students to do the same.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
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His main teacher was Leon Russianoff, a leading clarinet pedagogue of the latter half of the 20th century, after whom Mr. Drucker would name his son.Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
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Learning from multiple types of physicians at the same time also gives students the ability to make connections they, or even their preceptors, might have missed otherwise, Lines said.Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
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Sanders was her preceptor, showing her the ropes, from pumps to caring for critically ill patients and managing medications.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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