Word: dependency
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...easy one. What should children be told, and when? Clearly there are no absolute rules. Variations depend on how each child is maturing, even where a family lives. Children from rural backgrounds, particularly farms, are more in tune with sex and reproductive cycles than their supposedly sophisticated urban counterparts. The experts offer general guidelines based on experience. Leah Lefstein, acting director of the Center for Early Adolescence in Chapel Hill, N.C., notes, "Kids are aware of human sexuality at an earlier age than we give them credit for. They are three years old when they want to know where babies...
...They all played very well," Cleary said. "It's nice to be able to come in with an older group. It's a good thing we don't have to depend on them...
...modest program is a hedge against Soviet work in this area. Moreover, the prospect of enhancing deterrence, and perhaps over the long haul of being able to save a large number of lives in the case deterrence fails, justifies considerable efforts. The value of such an initiative will depend on the consequences, not the motives...
...Army. New coach Rob Riley will have his hands full. This year, Army (18-11-1, 2-9 ECAC)--in its first season as an official ECAC member--will depend on 16 returning lettermen for support, including the Cadets' two leading scorers last year, forwards Matt Wilson and Rob Brenner (50 points each...
...especially hard for universities to contain costs when faced with such pressures, said Bradford Perry '64, a Stanford financial officer, because they depend on large teaching and research staffs...