Word: metallism
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After Columbine, West Paducah and Conyers, some schools have turned into citadels, metal detectors at the doors, mesh backpacks required. Not Webster. The doors are open at dawn and left unguarded; 96% of the kids polled this fall by the student newspaper say they feel safe in school. They say the kids get along pretty well, races mix, jocks and geeks hang out together. And yet they will say, if you ask, "Littleton could happen here." Last spring, after Columbine, someone scrawled a bomb threat on the wall of a boys' bathroom. The marginal kids know they are being watched...
...combination of practical and psychological factors. In the wake of Columbine et al, schools have bulked up security ? in part to quell students? fears of violence, but also to calm parental nerves. So maybe it?s not such a surprise that many students feel safe: Surveillance cameras, metal detectors and daily pat-downs do tend to create a high-security atmosphere. In addition, despite the rash of school shootings, fights and other disturbances in schools are down by between 20 and 30 percent, figures that reflect a general decline in violence. And then there is the matter of a strong...
...became vacuously fixed. For a few seconds he remained motionless. I spoke his name, but there was no reply. Then he began to move a little, he smacked his lips, his eyes shifted to the table between us, he seemed to see a cup of coffee and a small metal vase of flowers; he must have because he picked up the cup and drank from it. I spoke to him again, and again he did not reply...
...Chao-Chih's domain is potentially perilous. As the agile Taiwanese woman leads visitors through a cluttered site in suburban Taipei, she warns them to watch out for jagged steel and rusted pipes. But she doesn't seem too nervous about the crane that swings a ton of scrap metal just overhead...
...hands-on guy. He was always very excited about his work," Chan said. "He'd jump right in and show students how to solder and cut metal...