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head start n
an initial advantage in a competitive situation [originally referring to a horse's having its head in front of others at the start of a race] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
head start noun start, advantage, help, edge, upper hand A good education gives your child a head start in life. Translations head start n (Sport) (fig) to have a head start → partire avvantaggiato/a head start n (Sport) (fig) to have a head start → partire avvantaggiato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thanks to five specially trained moms known as ``las promotoras'', or the promoters, Asia and dozens of her classmates at the Lowman Head Start program stand a good chance of having healthy smiles well into adulthood. House of Representatives has voted narrowly to allow religious discrimination in hiring for Head Start centers run by religious groups. The author concludes that an emerging belief in the malleability of children's intelligence, the "discovery" of poverty in the early 1960s, Lyndon Johnson's energetic education agenda, and the Democratic majority that passed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 combined to make Head Start possible. |
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