Word: explains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, is holding an essay contest, the winner of which will enjoy a romantic evening by the monument to slain President James Garfield, near where he and his wife are buried. The evening will be highlighted by a seven-course dinner. Entrants had to explain why they wanted to win. Most just seemed eager for a night...
...modern college campus. But essentially, Thomas-Graham does little more than state the fact that life as a black woman at Harvard is difficult, a point with which most of us certainly wouldn't disagree. Nowhere does she attempt to describe the significance of racial obstacles. Nowhere does she explain what methods, if any, Nikki uses to overcome imposed hardships. Thomas-Graham has highlighted a valid problem worthy of further discussion, but, without initiating that discussion, the book's treatment of this problem becomes so diluted as to lose significance. In short, race becomes a subject about which characters...
...room rather than a bedroom--and watch where your children are clicking. Teach your kids safe computing: though talking to strangers can be a fun part of online communicating in chat rooms and such, never give real names, addresses or phone numbers. Don't even reveal gender or age. Explain that most sites that ask them to register for prizes are only trawling for info that can be used in annoying ways...
...also insist that websites wise up. John Featherman, who publishes the monthly Privacy Newsletter, observes, "Really good home pages have privacy policies. It's as simple as that." Responsible sites disclose to users that they collect personal information and explain what they do with it. That's a far better solution than anything that will come from Congress. It's also better than being encouraged...
Lisa, when not condemning Bart and all his works (she once called him "the devil's cabana boy"), tries to explain him. "That little hell-raiser," she recently ranted, "is the spawn of every shrieking commercial, every brain-rotting soda pop, every teacher who cares less about young minds than about cashing their big, fat paychecks. No, Bart is not to blame. You can't create a monster and then whine when he stomps on a few buildings." Nice try, Lisa, but not quite. He's not Bartzilla. The kid knows right from wrong; he just likes wrong better...