Word: meeks
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Fong captures the worst stereotypes of Asians (the meek male, the erotic female), which are neither correct, interesting or novel. It adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. Fong does complete disservice to multiculturalism. If his point is against self-segregation, he could write a more balanced piece without much effort. There are more Asian students at Harvard who assimilate into the larger community than those who do not, and the tendency to identify with one's own ethnic group holds true for every single ethnic group, including Caucasians, African-Americans, Hispanics, Russians, Jews and Arabs. What's wrong with that...
...killing two at his Santee, Calif., high school, he dropped his gun and waited for the police, who approached the 15-year-old freshman with understandable caution. "It's just me," he murmured to an officer who asked if there were any other shooters. With this incongruously meek surrender, Williams was taken into custody. Wednesday, he was charged with two counts of murder...
...held liable for failing to help students like Anita Rutnam. A key issue is whether school administrations are expected to act in loco parentis. Unlike a parent-child relationship, "there is no special relationship between university officials and a student that imposes duty [to protect students]," contends Jerry Meek, a Dallas-based malpractice lawyer. Without proving that such a duty to students exists, it will be difficult for any plaintiff to claim successfully that it was breached...
...held liable for failing to help students like Anita Rutnam. A key issue is whether school administrations are expected to act in loco parentis. Unlike a parent-child relationship, "there is no special relationship between university officials and a student that imposes duty (to protect students)," contends Jerry Meek, a Dallas-based malpractice lawyer. Without proving that such a duty to students exists, it will be difficult for any plaintiff to claim successfully that it was breached...
...years Keith Bearden, 33, had given up on his family, including his elder brother Dean, 38. Their parents' divorce cleaved the family into separate camps, and Keith wanted no part of either one. "I was really angry," he says. He also felt that he, a self-described "meek intellectual," had nothing in common with his tattooed, motorcycle-riding, machinist brother. Then Dean started telephoning a couple of years ago, just to see how Keith was doing. Keith, to his surprise, was happy to get the calls. Dean says he had no particular plan, that he had never even thought about...