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►A toymaker and a state show sensitivity to how playtime can create and reinforce gender stereotypes
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
This week's word in the news: SPOUTING
DEFINITION:
Expressing views or ideas in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflective way
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
On Saturday, speakers at the For God and Country Patriot Double Down event riled the couple hundred people who showed up to the Ahern Hotel by spouting unfounded claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election and casting doubt on COVID-19 vaccines.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal -- 10/25/2021
