Word: although
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...Although it seems perfectly constitutional for the government to contract with religious groups to provide social services, many religious charities use the offer of services as bait for a proselytizing effort. This is not always a bad thing--many groups see their mission as feeding souls as well as stomachs--but it would be incompatible with federal funding, since the use of taxpayer dollars to proselytize is almost the definition of the "establishment of religion" prohibited in the Bill of Rights. These groups would be unable to transmit their religious message with public funds--meaning that something as simple...
Some 2 million people evacuated Florida's coastal areas in advance of Hurricane Floyd's predicted onslaught, but although the winds blew strong in West Palm Beach, the hurricane did not come ashore...
...Although the number of AIDS deaths has dropped to slightly fewer than 20,000 a year, off 60% from 1995, a closer look at the figures indicates that it is much too early to even think about uncorking the champagne. While the number of deaths declined 42% from 1996 to 1997, they were off only 20% from 1997 to 1998. In short, the decline is slowing. We're actually losing ground...
...Allison, 27, of Hosmer, S.D., recently landed an associate's job at the prestigious New York City law firm of Dewey Ballantine. It was something of a surprise, since, although he was editor of law review at Notre Dame, for most of his education, Allison didn't go to school--at least not to a formal one. Neither did Tad Heuer, 22, of Holliston, Mass., who won a Marshall Scholarship to the London School of Economics following his graduation from Brown University...
Tremendous is the operative word if you're considering home ed. Although some dual-career couples and single parents attempt it, 95% of home-schooling families have one parent who is not working outside the home. Parents have to act as teachers, administrators, social directors and more. Many just plain burn out before high school...