Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...head of a well-scrubbed, disciplined class, is a stereotype from a bygone era. Today most high school students have had more experience with alcohol, drugs and sex than she ever could have imagined. Pregnant girls are seen in school corridors; others deposit their babies in school day-care centers. Violence is a regular visitor to the schoolyard. Last year in New York City there were more than 300 instances in which students punched, stabbed or otherwise assaulted public school teachers. Against such corrosive influences, it is increasingly teachers -- not parents -- who are called upon to function as society...
WHILE Larry White does present overwhelming evidence that cigarette smoking is lethal and is moreover perpetrated by companies that have concern for profits and no care for their fellow citizens, his book fails to be thoroughly convincing. He presents quotes and official statistics, but White generally neglects to present the reader with his sources...
Brown's major weakness last year was that it allowed a lot of shots on goal. "We want to shore up on team defense," Gaudet says. "The offensive part will take care of itself...
UNFORTUNATELY for the nation, there are far more pressing items on the national agenda. Deficit reduction, environmental cleanup, urban poverty, campaign reform, trade policy, health care, day care, and retraining displaced industrial workers will all be considered by the next Congress...
...victory speech, Sen. Kennedy touted his liberal agenda. "I'd like to believe that tonight this victory is a victory for students that are concerned about quality education," he said. He also pledged to fight for maintaining Social Security benefits and enacting a universal health care program...