Word: cheapens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proclaims this a happy house where nothing has gone wrong. On the door is a wreath entwined with pink ribbon and dotted with pink and white flowers. At the high school the official posture is no comment, frequently laced with off-the-record worry that the headlines will somehow cheapen the whole place. Last week a mother snarled at a reporter, "There's more than one student in the school. You should have been here last night for the honors convocation." Then she slammed her car door and drove away...