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Sound bites.


'Do you have a professor who can't stop talking about President Bush?'

--Posting on www.uclaprofs.com a website of the Bruin Alumni Association The%20Bruin%20Alumni%20Association%20is%20a%20conservative%20group%20for%20alumni%20of%20%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20California%2C%20Los%20Angeles%5D%5D.%20It%20has%20no%20official%20affiliation%20with%20the%20%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20California%5D%5D%20or%20the%20official%20UCLA%20Alumni%20Assoc , whose mission is to root out radical professors.

'Were seeing substantial decline in reading for pleasure, and its showing up in our literacy literacy

Ability to read and write. The term may also refer to familiarity with literature and to a basic level of education obtained through the written word. In ancient civilizations such as those of the Sumerians and Babylonians, literacy was the province of an elite
 levels.'

--Glover Whitehurst, U.S. Deportment de·port·ment  
n.
A manner of personal conduct; behavior. See Synonyms at behavior.


deportment
Noun

the way in which a person moves and stands:
 of Education, on data that shows only 31% of college graduates can demonstrate high-level reading skills.
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Title Annotation:BEHIND the NEWS
Publication:University Business
Date:Feb 1, 2006
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