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As you can see, Tompkins is an honest writer, but throughout the narrative, she is not wholly honest with herself.
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But for all her transparency, Tompkins is again strangely resistant to making the links between emotional life and learning.
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The new edition of 50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills.
50 Literacy Strategies: Step-by-Step « Books « Literacy News 2009
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By the way, the last we heard, the ceremony is going to be open to the public, and it's going to occur on Christmas morning in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, followed by a reception at Benny's Burritos.
A Halloween List: 14 Things Scarier Than Facing Cliff Lee Jason Gay 2010
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Before leaving, Levi introduced me to Rosenthal who graciously gave both of us a copy of a CD called "Howl -- A Three Part Invention," a recording from the Howl Festival in Tompkins Square last August.
Wholly New York 2006
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When the cassettes start rolling, "they blossom into a marvelously crafted symphony" (Time Out New York) and the crowd begins to snake eastward, following a pre-determined route until the piece ends in Tompkins Square Park less than an hour and a mile later.
Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives 2006
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Good to see you in Tompkins Square Park … makes me imagine you at Stuyvesant HS on 15th St or growing up in Village View.
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While Tompkins is certainly correct in postulating a mid-century culture permeated by the reform movement and religious piety, I think it is a mistake to view the fiction itself or its readers as existing in such a vacuum.
Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment 2006
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A county legislator from Dryden, Martha Robertson was the primary speaker for Howard Dean; the other speakers were from elsewhere in Tompkins or neighboring counties.
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There's also an article on what this week's change from the DeWitt Historical Society to the The History Center in Tompkins County will mean.
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