Word: absently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Responsibilities would have been more serious. The degree of informal cooperation between the protesters and the University authorities at 17 Quincy Street blurred certain disciplinary issues. However, this cooperation helped to maintain a constructive level of civility in the events of 17 Quincy Street that was to be, unfortunately, absent at the Lowell House incident a week later. Both the administrators and the protesters at 17 Quincy Street exhibited self-restraint, without which the incident might have ended in much sadder fashion...
...federal laws aim to improve some shameful statistics. At the latest accounting, children were owed $3 billion by absent parents, contributing to a rising level of poverty among single mothers and adding to state welfare rolls. Fully half of the 4 million divorced mothers in the U.S. who are entitled to support payments get only part or none of the full amount. Although the crackdown has been applauded, some groups have reservations. David Levy, president of the Washington-based National Council for Children's Rights, says that the laws will be most effective with fathers in regular jobs, who tend...
...just for Punjab but for the whole country. A man of peace has fallen to the bullets of assassins," he said. The next day Longowal was cremated in his native village with full state honors. The funeral procession included mourners from every faith and high government officials. Conspicuously absent were members of the radical faction of the Akali Dal. The extremists had denounced Longowal as a "traitor" for signing the accord, which will give more economic and political power to Sikhs in the state. But many extremists say they will settle for nothing less than an independent Sikh nation...
...This office has every reason to expect that the events of the past few weeks in South Africa have not gone unnoticed by our students on summer vacation. Absent a change in policy, the university should be prepared for some incidents this fall," the editorial started in the name of the security office...
...every Spielberg "family" film since Close Encounters, the mother figure is the repository of strength and common sense; Dad is either absent or a bit vague, less in touch with the forces of wonder. As described by Steven, Arnold was neither a hero nor a villain, but a hardworking perfectionist. "Steven's love and mastery of technology definitely come from our father," says Steven's sister Sue, 31, a mother of two who lives outside Washington. "Mom was a classical pianist, artistic and whimsical. She led the way for Steven to be as creative as he wanted...