basics
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For some of the other children, she’s still teaching the basics of how a classroom works: paying attention for five to 10 minutes, and which way is up and down on a piece of paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"It's partly because Hurzeler went back to basics," adds McCarthy.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Moms tell us it is only getting harder and harder to afford the basics and give their kids a strong start in life,” Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
David and Stephen, recent college graduates at the time, took over in 1985 and almost immediately started closing stores and cutting services to focus on the basics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
He met Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk, a devoted communist who lectured miners on the basics of communist philosophy.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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