Word: attendant
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This year, Fly club members can attend a series of fireside chats in which successful graduate members return to meet with the undergraduates and give them advice...
There is no doubt that the supporters of the bill have good intentions. And they are right in thinking that for most of the nation's history, courts have generally favored religious claims. Judges have ruled that Amish kids couldn't be forced to attend school and that Seventh-Day Adventists do not have to work on Saturdays. But that approach changed in 1990, when conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a Supreme Court decision that angered and frightened many religious people. In Employment Division v. Smith, Scalia said religious claims cannot be used to justify violating laws as long...
...AMERICAN TEENAGER (Bard) Americans tend to view the teenage years, from puberty to the prom, as a singular life passage. But author Thomas Hine reminds us that for most of our history, those between 13 and 19 did not move in lockstep through their education--or even attend school--and that the word teenager dates back only to 1941. "What was new about the idea of the teenager at the time the word first appeared during World War II," writes Hine, "was the assumption that all young people--regardless of their class, location or ethnicity--should have essentially the same...
...ATTEND? Says the brochure: "Imagine a huge room filled with the most successful, hardworking and talented pet sitters in the world... Just think how much creative energy and brain power would emanate from such a group...if you've attended [before], you know the magic...
...Visit colleges early. You don't have to decide which one your child will attend, but introducing him to campus life makes it easier to set personal goals...