Word: accessible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Giebfried cheered the numbers from the Department of Public Health but pointed out the survey showed that minors still had easy access to cigarettes. He said this is a problem for law enforcement but also for parents and older siblings--like college students--who smoke. Smokers "should not leave their cigarettes around," Giebfried said, "because the younger individual often picks up those cigarettes and either uses them or passes them around at school." He compared the ethical responsibility to be vigilant on cigarettes at home to the laws that regulate that parents lock up their firearms. That way, even...
...waited for that, I wouldn't be doing what I am doing," he says. "It's more important to have access to a mentor or role model...I don't think that the mentoring relationship would necessarily be fostered by more minority administrators...
...with a consent decree forcing it to spin off the seven regional Baby Bells. It wasn't a panacea, but it kicked off a process that dramatically increased competition and improved service. And the Baby Bells have carried their competition into new areas like cellular telephones and Internet access...
...advice of Dr. Jack Gwaltney of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a top cold researcher. "Wash your hands a lot with soap and water," he says, because cold viruses like to linger there. Don't put your fingers in your eyes or nose, as they give easy access to the nasal passages...
...Clinton Administration's noble goal of getting every public school online by 2001 has a downside risk. Up to 70% of the nation's 30 million schoolchildren are being given access to computers, but little attention is being paid to the kinds of equipment, including desks and keyboard rests, they are using--and to the potential for injury or even permanent damage. A Cornell University study of elementary schoolchildren found that about 40% of them were in danger of developing serious posture problems and the other 60% had conditions that were cause for concern. Says Professor Alan Hedge, who heads...