Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SKILL] Their locomotive abilities allow them to live in turbulent waters...
...when Bush talks about the coming political era, he inadvertently (or maybe not) lumps together both his political boys, George W. and Florida's Governor Jeb Bush, as if they might be coupled in some inexorable public caravan carrying them down the White House road. President Bush will only allow the slightest look into that corner of his heart: "I think Jeb will be on the national scene some...
Most states allow what is called a second-parent adoption, which allows a person to adopt the children of his or her partner without ending the partner's parental status. But Florida is not one of those states. So Kazmierazak and her lawyers are, in essence, asking the appeals court to interpret the law broadly and consider her role as a parent and the best interests of the child...
...case as being a slippery slope. Does someone who loves my child and helps with the care have custody rights? How can you have a baby-sitter or nanny in your home when you're out working 40 to 60 hours a week? Women are not going to allow people to love their child if they have to be wary on the basis of a 'psychological-parent custody claim' on that child...
...fired on his classmates in Conyers, Ga. [SPECIAL REPORT, May 31], was the first to make me feel great sympathy for the shooter. In this case, as in some others, the shooter was being tormented by a popular classmate simply because he was quiet, a situation too many schools allow to go unchecked. I am 35, and still remember being picked on in high school and treated like an outsider. I clearly recall the ambivalent response by my teachers. I think kids today are probably even more cruel than they were 20 years ago, and our schools are not doing...