Word: playground
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...grim places are slowly dying out, supplanted by group-home alternatives such as Casa Austria. It is a brightly painted two-story structure for just 30 kids - a maximum of four to a room - and has none of the impersonal chill of a large state institution. It has a playground, plenty of toys and three staff members on duty at all times to care for the home's residents, whether by helping with homework or giving a reassuring hug. "We try to give them a sense of home and normalcy," says Victoria Balan, the home's deputy director, whom Nina...
...TERRIFYING TRADING CARDS Give them their favorite sports stars. Or put them a Monster ahead of the pack with Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, current playground favorites. They're at most toy stores and discount chains...
Hundreds of friendly, ambitious Tracy Flicks annually make Annenberg their playground for showcasing their personality. Just like the buxom, pixie-haired starlet in Election, they once bounded down high school hallways in Anytown, USA, touting the handmade student council buttons they hoped would lead to political glory...
...prayer was disallowed; the OED’s next citation is from a 1962 article in the Washington Post: “A moment of silence...Would it be possible and acceptable to have each school day commence with a quiet moment that would still the tumult of the playground and start a day of study?” Enforced moments of silence have enjoyed popularity as a sort of ersatz school prayer ever after: A recent Oklahoma law mandates a daily moment of silence in all public schools...
Students living in the Quad (designated part of Ward 8, Precinct 1) should go to the Peabody School at 44 Linnaean St., at the playground entrance...