Word: pose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been in prison, their brother's been in prison," says Lieut. Robert Losack, 30, who has served as a Texas prison guard for nine years. "It's socially acceptable; it's part of growing up." Once back on the street, these youths enjoy an enhanced status. They also pose a greater threat. "Prison culture becomes the model for street society," warns Jerome Miller, president of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Washington. "Young black men take onto the streets the ethics, morals and rules of the maximum-security prison...
...Weld will pose as a governor who's tough on crime, but he has cut aid to municipalities so deeply that there are now fewer police on the streets in every Massachusetts city than when he became governor," Barrett says. "He's responsible for people feeling less safe when they walk to the corner store, because police presence is drastically reduced...
Dozens of scientists and radiation protectionexperts from across the country have said ininterviews with The Crimson that the amount ofradiation used on Fernald students did not pose asignificant health threat...
Gottschalk acknowledges, however, that the cyclotron can propel some neutrons a great distance and raise radiation levels at nearby buildings. But the emissions do not pose any health or environmental hazard, the professor says...
...working at the next desk or sleeping on the next pillow. They can be loved and can betray almost simultaneously. Matt can be both timid ("I'm actually afraid of my own kid") and, when defending his craft against a studio creep, vindictive ("You know nothing but how to pose for this little picture of you that nobody is snapping"). The insecure mogul somehow appeals to the sensitive researcher ("I think it's so wonderful that you don't worry about even trying to act strong"). All are trying to raise their moral sights in a business in which they...