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Andover stood grimly in loco parentis during Bush's time there. In fact, it was even less yielding than his parents in insistence upon duty. Founded on Andover Hill during the American Revolution, the Phillips Academy had its seal designed by Paul Revere. Its self-importance comes across nicely in an editorial written during Bush's senior year (1942), when the country was at war. "President Roosevelt's speech to the nation last night was not, by any means, directed solely at Andover, but it cannot be denied that many of the things that he said are of utmost importance...
...children, who have no clear idea of what sex is anyway. Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue conduct seminars on such subjects as lesbian nuns, exotic drugs, transsexual surgery, serial murders. Television pours into the imaginations of children a bizarre version of reality. But TV has a certain authority in loco parentis. It is there when the kids come home...
...Anglos. And Amarante (Carlos Riquelme) fights the scourge with flaming arrows, fish heads and ancient curses. He even fires his pistol at an intruder and drives the developers' bulldozer over a cliff -- though no one in this gossipy town takes any notice of it. Is this old man loco? No, he is on the side of the angels. One angel, anyway: a venerable sprite (Robert Carricart) who plays the concertina, quotes Shakespeare and orchestrates the war like a seraphic...
Among the people Gabriel knows is Manuel Salcido Uzeta, better known as "Cochi Loco" (Crazy Pig), a ruthless trafficker who owns hotels and restaurants in the resort city of Mazatlan. Once, says Gabriel, three guests at a local wedding reception annoyed Salcido. The drug lord ordered his gunmen to shoot them down. While Mexican law-enforcement officials say they cannot find him now, Mazatlan residents say they see him often, calmly eating breakfast or moving about with carloads of police bodyguards...
...Cabot House master will serve in loco parentis for the approximately 400 residents of the house. In addition to sponsoring social events, the master will be responsible for selecting house tutors and administrators...