Word: equipping
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Take the service out of the hands of the police. Make it run all night, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Equip it with enough cars and drivers to accommodate the number of students who want to use it. And most important, write the following sentence into the escort service rules: "No persons holding a valid Harvard ID shall be denied transportation to their place of residence or to or from any Harvard building on the Cambridge or Allston campuses." Obviously, a certain, fixed distance, preferably encompassing Cambridge and the nearby outlying areas, should be established so that the escort...
...proposal before the Berkeley city council becomes law, hoteliers will be offering more than a bed, bath and Gideon Bible. Leland Traiman, a registered nurse who treats AIDS patients, has suggested that the city help combat the spread of the disease by requiring hotels and motels to equip each guest room with safe-sex information kits, including condoms. The kits would also be distributed at some local massage parlors and saunas. "There could be a sign with each kit saying, THE BIBLE MAY SAVE YOUR SOUL, BUT THIS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE," says Traiman. Some innkeepers fear that guests might...
Alice concentrated on clothing, at her worst spending up to $20,000 a year on shoes and dresses. Lucy, 43, vice president of an import company, lives alone in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan but has enough household furnishings to equip several families. "I have three sets of dishes for twelve," she ticks off, "20 vases, tons of place mats, tablecloths and stemware, and three or four sets of pots...
...sheriff, who owns three ATVs himself, takes no chances. "I don't equip my patrol car with a regular rifle," he says. "I have an M-16. I leave it in the patrol car where you can see it. You have to make a show of force." Although the state conservation commission sent five agents into Reynolds County to help Barton out, it was not enough of a show to make much difference. "The ATVs still go anywhere they want," says Carolyn Hewitt, owner of the Twin Rivers Landing in Lesterville. "Until they bring in the state troopers...
When lab technicians are placed in work situations where they might be exposed to hazardous chemicals, "we try to equip them with whatever equipment and training they might need and monitor the workplace," Vautin says...