Word: commitments
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...risk than girls. Females are more likely to be in school orchestras, drama groups, student government, school newspapers and other extracurricular activities than boys, and, as mentioned, perform better academically. Alternatively, males are more likely to drop out, more likely to become alcoholics or drug addicts, more likely to commit violent crime and go to jail, and more likely to die through suicide during adolescence (although more females attempt suicide, nearly five times as many boys actually die), according to Sommers. It is clear where the real problem...
...screamed, and then became very quiet," Petersen said. "The tragic thing is he felt he had to commit suicide...
...Everett Mendelsohn, was asked, "Who would you like to haunt tomorrow?" Mendelsohn replied that "I wouldn't mind haunting Governor Ross Barret of Mississippi, and I think I'd wear a white sheet while I did so he'd feel at home. And all editorial writers who too easily commit the nation to dangerous actions in these troubled times...
...Copyright Act, which covers software as well as tangible commodities like books, records, tapes and film, did not specifically criminalize LaMacchia's alleged conduct because he did not benefit from the venture. Instead, the feds chose to indict him on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. That was not a particularly good fit either, but government officials felt they had to charge him with something. ``If the government did not respond when someone gave away a million dollars in software,'' says Scott Charney, who heads the U.S. Justice Department's computer-crimes unit, ``we'd essentially be saying...
...find procedural safeguards that might allow Harvard to approve the HCIA for a probationary period. If the group violated College guidelines against harassment, then the administration could revoke its status. Proponents of recognition suggest that the University should not prohibit the HCIA for violations that it has yet to commit...