Word: apartness
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...Consider the evidence: Two people living apart require 56 percent more money to sustain themselves than two living together, according to national guidelines on poverty. Children also benefit. Sociologists Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur found that one third of children with divorced parents who participated in their study dropped out of high school, while one tenth of children from intact families did so. One third of their sample’s girls whose parents divorced became teenage mothers—triple the amount of girls from intact families...
...less compelling performance at historic Van Cortland Park. Stiles led the way for the Crimson in the 8k race, finishing in 27:06.51 to earn 62nd overall, followed by a pair of rookies in Kevin Sprague and Jakob Lindaas, who finished only five seconds apart. Senior Bobby Kenney and junior Mark Hirschboeck maintained a 5:36 and 5:37 pace, respectively, to complete Harvard’s top five. “A lot of guys ran pretty good races, but I think we’ll have better races in the future,” Stiles conceded. Still, with...
...took over—led by three-time captain and two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Dominic Randolph—the momentum instantly shifted over to the home team. Though Holy Cross was unable to get anything done in its opening possession, Randolph showed he could pick apart the Crimson defense.“They’re a tough offense,” captain Carl Ehrlich said. “We knew it was a tough offense coming in.”And though Harvard controlled the clock in the first possession, the Crimson ended the first...
...people," says Lubbock, Texas, attorney Kevin Glasheen, who represents 12 men who were exonerated after serving lengthy terms for rape. "As far as the politicians go, there are a lot of Republicans who do not like abusive government power." But legislators from both parties did more than shed tears. Apart from the Tim Cole Act, they passed a second law creating a well-funded office of expert appellate lawyers to represent death-row inmates, a move to overcome the tales of sleepy defense attorneys and inept lawyering. The two new laws are now being implemented, and their backers hope they...
...also a testament to Somalia's longevity as a refuge for Islamist militants. Conditions haven't changed in years. Somalia last had a government worthy of the name nearly two decades ago, in 1991. For most of the 1990s, like Afghanistan at the time, the country was torn apart by rival warlords. Like Afghanistan too, out of that chaos arose an army of radical Islamist warriors who were determined to bring strict religious law and order to the country, but who were also open to funding from and cooperation with al-Qaeda. The first shots in what became known...