Meronyms: cubic centimetre, cubic decimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic yard

Numerous studies reaccount reform trends, noting the enduring patterns, the resilience and intransigence of fundamental features of schooling—grouping students by age (see Ames, this volume, on "multigrade” schools in Peru), subjects taught in isolation—and the cyclical nature of reform efforts (Angus and Mirel 1999; Tyack and Cuban 1995; Kirst and Meister 1985).

But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.

To last more than a few days in the sunshine, the crushed logwood needed to be over-dyed on woad- or indigo-coloured fabric.