Word: groupe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instance, a few years ago, as a wide-eyed first-year, I thought I was interested in public service. So I went to the student activity fair, found a group that sounded interesting and put my name on their list. A few weeks later, at the introductory meeting, I was told that before I would be allowed to volunteer my time in one of the lowliest positions in the organization, I would have to fill out a lengthy application and go through an interview. Apparently, there's not enough poverty for just anybody to fight...
...course, as TIME science writer Fred Golden points out, hurricanes pounded the U.S. long before global warming was a catchphrase. A group of storms in the early part of the century ? long before pollution was considered a major problem ? resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in property. The infamous 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, and killed more than 8,000 people is still considered one of the deadliest storms in history, while the 1935 hurricane that ripped across the Florida Keys, killing more than 400, is the most powerful to have made landfall...
...conducted by Lawrence M. Rudner, a respected independent statistician, the study found that 20,760 K-12 home-schooled students had median scores typically in the 70th to 80th percentile. But the sample, like previous ones, was overwhelmingly white, Christian, educated and affluent--and not comparable to a control group of public school children. "Given the education level and affluence of the parents," observes Gerald Bracey, an educational analyst in Alexandria, Va., "you could say, 'Gosh, these kids could do better.'" Mitchell Stevens, who is writing Kingdom of Children: Pedagogy and Politics in the Home Schooling Movement for the Princeton...
...giving your car away to for-profit companies that team up with or pose as charities. Red flags include handing the car over to someone with no visible ties to the charity, i.e., Joe's Wrecker Service, or being asked to leave the new title blank. Check the group's tax-exempt status on www.irs.ustreas.gov and get a receipt. The IRS is also nailing those who overstate the value of their cars, so keep a photo or mileage record in case the deduction is contested...
...ATTEND? Says the brochure: "Imagine a huge room filled with the most successful, hardworking and talented pet sitters in the world... Just think how much creative energy and brain power would emanate from such a group...if you've attended [before], you know the magic...