Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aren't the phones ringing? Why do students turn to the professionals and not call their friendly peer counselor? Maybe it is the very term "hotline." Though most peer-counseling groups also have rooms where people are welcome to drop by and talk, they are primarily defined by their phone numbers. And hotlines you call in a crisis, with "hot" issues. If you are just feeling down, it may be seem out of proportion to call one of these numbers. Conversely, you might call a hotline with problems that are itty-bitty--not worth a whole hour of your...
...That really bothers me," Choi said. "If something like that is going around, it would be nice to know that it's not just something a cough drop can solve...
Four times this decade, Massie has co-sponsored antibias bills; four times they've died. There's no problem with enhanced penalties for crimes against race, religion or ethnicity, he's been told, but if he doesn't drop sexual orientation from the list, there's not a chance in hell. Other opponents argue against special legislation for any group or contend that existing laws are sufficient...
...building another in Pittsburgh, Pa., and plans to add still another in Nevada, which will bring its total to 12. "Now we can get to everywhere in the U.S. and build out," Schnatter says. "We are becoming a national brand." That will give Schnatter even more restaurants to drop in on--and more general managers to keep hopping...
...killed in June, Prop 10 would add a 50[cent] tax to each pack of cigarettes sold in California. The money, up to $700 million a year, would be channeled into antitobacco programs and early-childhood health and education. The higher prices would result in an estimated 25% drop in smoking--and consequent savings in the state's $7 billion annual cost of tobacco-related disease, according to the American Cancer Society...