Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This thing wasn't going to affect rogue states," a U.S. Navy officer says, "or even nations that pretend to comply." It's a little naive to think a militaristic outsider like North Korea would abandon its mighty efforts to develop nuclear weapons simply because the Senate voted a certain...
...getting personal. Cheerleaders are picked by a panel of outside professionals, the football team rotates its captains so no one is favored, and anyone can show up for the Student Council meetings. Some students don't know who the senior-class president is. Adults "don't want to offend certain groups," says senior Lizzie Sprague, 17. "They are afraid [students] are going to go buy guns and kill everybody...
...teachers stop assigning more than 15 minutes' worth: ask too much, push too hard, and the students will give up, drop out, become a menace to society. We have to strike a balance, the adults say. We have to be reasonable. We want them to enjoy themselves, have a certain freedom, before the world turns serious on them and there is no going back...
Penetrating the Byzantine world of high school requires a certain degree of tradecraft. Photographers Bob Sacha and Andre Lambertson, both veterans of the Duke campaign, showed their expertise at maneuvering in a complex social group. Religion writer David Van Biema, as he had at Duke, concentrated on the sensitive issues of death and faith. Photographers Joe McNally, Lauren Greenfield and Steve Liss managed to place themselves in the midst of teenage action most outsiders never...
...domestic violence, as required by law in such situations, the policemen asked him to pose for a picture. The photo op was not viewed kindly at headquarters, and the two cops have been temporarily reassigned to desk duty. That should give them ample time to design what is certain to be two of the department's more noteworthy Christmas cards this year...