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Even as book collectors have, over the centuries, shifted shape from rectors to hedge-fund managers, they have remained driven by an impulse that is both febrile and fastidious.
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Fujimori returned to Peru and went into academia, serving as rector for the National Agrarian University in Lima from 1984-'89.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
The rector of Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts, Martin Šmatlák, and the actress Jana Kovalčiková made speeches, while employees of Slovakia’s public broadcaster STVR were in attendance.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024
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.
—Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Fujimori returned to Peru and went into academia, serving as rector for the National Agrarian University in Lima from 1984-'89.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
The rector of Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts, Martin Šmatlák, and the actress Jana Kovalčiková made speeches, while employees of Slovakia’s public broadcaster STVR were in attendance.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024
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.
—Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
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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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No actors have been confirmed for the series to date, though reports are that Mark Rylance is at the top of the casting wishlist to play beloved Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore, and Paapa Essiedu is reportedly high on the wishlist to play Severus Snape.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Variety previously reported that Academy Award winner Mark Rylance was in the running for the role of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
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And, according to my daughter, another teacher just laughed off a kid who attempted to scooch out of their room.Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
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How many teachers work at Abundant Life Christian School?Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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When done correctly, the result should increasingly feel like working 1-1 with an instructor, but without the inconvenience of conforming to the instructor's schedule or competing for time and attention with other students.Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, clinical social worker and instructor at Northeastern University.Amy Morin, Contributor, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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According to a 2006 article by The Telegraph, Law's parents Peter and Margaret were schoolteachers who married in 1967.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The sisters, both schoolteachers, looked so much alike everyone had trouble telling them apart — especially their young students.Natalie Morales, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Institutions and educators are realizing the necessity of incorporating these novel technologies to improve learning and multidisciplinary cooperation.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Mary McLeod Bethune, (a civil rights activist and educator) and (first lady) Eleanor Roosevelt started discussions to get Black women to serve overseas.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 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 Dec. 2024.
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