Word: lock
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...doesn't like EARLY ADMISSIONS, the policy of letting high school seniors apply to one college early, usually by November. "It pushes the pressure of thinking about college back into the junior year of high school," he told the New York Times. There are BENEFITS: students, for example, can lock up a favorite school early and have a stress-free last semester of high school. Most elite-college presidents aren't ready to junk the practice. "Everybody is worried about the PRESSURE ON STUDENTS in high school," says Stanford's John Hennessy, "but we're not sure whether removing early...
...helped solve the mystery of the Drake Jewel, given by Elizabeth I to Sir Francis Drake. For hundreds of years no one could puzzle out how to open it, but finally the pins that held it shut were discovered when the jewel was X-rayed. Inside was - not a lock of the Queen's hair as rumored but a portrait of the ruler herself by miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard. "It was stunning," says Derbyshire. "If you look closely you can see the veins on her forehead...
...history has proved, the dust never quite settles in Afghanistan. At night, the streets of Mazar aren't exactly safe; residents lock themselves in high-walled homes and the pop and crack of gunfire sounds across the city until dawn. Even in daytime, people tend to remain within their neighborhoods, which are lumped into three zones under the control of Dostum, Atta or Mohaqiq. The Hazaras catch most of the blame for the city's violence. In fact, they have most cause for revenge: when the Taliban took the city in 1998 they singled out Hazaras...
...official shelter's walls, ceiling and floors are made of steel-reinforced concrete, the armored door is 30 cm thick, there's a small escape hatch with its own metal door and double-latch lock, and the shelter comes with two filtration devices: one designed to screen out biological and chemical substances and another to suck in fresh...
...keep their weapons under lock and key? No, they're incredibly casual with their weapons. They just lay them against the wall, lie them on the ground. They're always on their shoulder or just knocking against the back of a chair. When you leave in the morning, you put your shoes on, put your hat on and get your...