Word: alerting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prevention and early detection--not just of obvious threats and violence but also of anything that might lead that way, including petty conflicts among cliques. Says assistant principal Raimondo: "We're trying to pay more attention to kids on the front end." Teachers and support staff are instructed to alert administrators not only to overt discipline problems but also to subtler signs, like a sharp decline in a student's grades or a loss of interest in favorite activities. Says Raimondo: "It gives us 130 pairs of eyes...
...some of the benefits of treating within the golden hour are not lost. In urban first aid, for example, you're taught to splint a suspected sprain, strain or fracture as close as you can to the position you found it in. Under wilderness conditions, you need to be alert to the possibility that nerves or the blood supply in the affected limb may have been cut off, requiring you to pull gently and straighten it out before splinting to restore circulation and sensation. Otherwise, the accident victim could permanently lose use of that arm or leg. As a rule...
...remarks. "This is not martial law," Musharraf told the country, but rather "another path toward democracy." Further, he made the surprising announcement that he would pull back troops from Pakistan's tense border with India and seek talks with his nuclear neighbor. India, which ordered its troops on high alert immediately following the coup, has so far reacted cautiously to the news. After two days of vainly casting about for a credible civilian administration to do his bidding, Musharraf had in fact declared martial law late Thursday, making himself Pakistan's effective head of state. He had been reluctant...
...General Musharaf?s takeover could raise regional tensions ?- India?s army has been placed on high alert - and present a headache for the U.S. "Despite Kashmir, there had been some optimism that dialogue between Nawaz and [India?s Prime Minister Atal Bihari] Vajpayee could improve relations, but a military government in Pakistan is likely to be a lot more belligerent toward India," says Rahman. "A coup would also signal Washington?s waning influence over the Pakistani military ? the U.S. explicitly warned against the military seizing power only three weeks ago." Rhetoric aside, however, a military government may be cautious about...
Gary M. Ruskin, director of Commercial Alert, an organization dedicated to helping families, schools and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising and marketing, according to its Web site, drafted the proposal and asked for signatures over the summer...