Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...back of mainstream magazines like Sunset, and their slogans are as no-nonsense as a five-mile run at sunrise. "Attitudes adjusted here," says an ad for the Ascent Program. Sea Hawk Academy promises "the wake-up call your teenager needs." Many offer to arrange the kind of "escort service" David van Blarigan found at his bedside. The schools and camps are often isolated, either in rural America (Thompson Falls, Mont.) or in faraway locales (Western Samoa). They number as many as 2,000, estimates Alexia Parks, author of a new online report on the subject, An American Gulag...
...appeal. German automaker Volkswagen was careful to add an array of modern amenities such as an adjustable steering column, a six-speaker stereo system, an air filter for the cabin, and air bags front and side. Still, such similarly equipped subcompacts as the Honda Civic, GM Saturn, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Prism and Toyota Corolla are all cheaper and better-established models...
...alleged that an argument ensued when she arrived, and an employee placed his hand on her arm in an attempt to escort her off of the premises when she refused to leave...
That night we learned a valuable lesson: When visiting friends at Winthrop, make sure they escort you from their rooms to the gate. That night we also experienced the disappointing realization that as upperclass students, we faced significant barriers between our friends and ourselves. Unlike the universal key card access we enjoyed as first-years in the Yard, where we could freely and spontaneously visit one another, it is now necessary to make detailed plans well in advance of every social encounter...
...remedies that could alleviate many of the social ills associated with alcohol without cracking down unnecessarily on social drinking. While the reiteration of the College's immunity policy for those seeking medical attention deserves to be lauded, it should be formalized by real efforts to ensure that those who escort dangerously intoxicated students to University Health Services are treated with similar immunity and appreciation...