Word: handed
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...heated debate, misconceptions about "the other side" plague discussions about sex education. Some advocates of abstinence-only education harbor fears that "sex education" is a thinly veiled excuse to distribute pro-sex, free-love propaganda to unwitting students. On the other hand, many of those who favor a more inclusive attitude toward sex education (one that includes discussion of condoms and other contraceptives) worry that abstinence-only programs will, in their refusal to address the mechanics of sex, condemn students to disease and pregnancy that might have been prevented by condoms. The truth of the matter, of course, is that...
Maggie Dionne, the deputy director of management for the Cambridge Housing Authority, says staff will be on hand to help the authority's 3,000 tenants if necessary...
...first definition of $wank is smooth with a swagger walk. OK, fine. The second definition is showy but at the same time endearing, kinda like my grandfather. I'm a little bit of the Hollywood type....I'm the Playboy on-campus rep. You get a party budget, you hand out T-shirts to see what the mood is on campus. The idea of Playboy is party; it has nothing to do with women. It's like I'm an unpaid journalist. I've never given in names of pretty girls, that's pretty sketchy...
Avery has been criticized recently for hand picking students to sit on the committee that will advise the Trust, a body that will dole out nearly $20,000 next year to women-focused groups...
Home-schooling is a tough issue in the field of education. On the one hand, it's possible to understand why parents--for either educational or religious reasons--might want to teach their own children, rather than sending them to a poorly-funded public school or to an institution which does not promote and may in fact ignore their personal beliefs. Home-schooling provides control in a society where parents often feel powerless. And it may seem like a logical extension of that control for those parents to send their children to a home-schoolers' college with...