Word: prompts
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...colleges are curbing tuition increases is to attract those middle-income students. Rice University in Houston uses its $3 billion endowment to guarantee that tuition for sophomores, juniors and seniors will not leap ahead of the consumer price index. Another reason for restraint is concern that public outrage will prompt government intervention. Congress is already tackling the issue during two days of hearings this week, and President Clinton recently proposed a $31 billion package to make higher education more affordable. Now if only someone could do something about campus parking...
...another matter. Few men are comfortable calling themselves knitters. Nicole Smaglick, 27, a tour-company owner in Minnesota, reports that her attempts to interest her fiance in knitting have been fruitless. "I think it's the Y chromosome in him," she says. But that same trait may soon prompt men to reconsider. These days knitting is a great way to meet young women...
...significant support in the Chechen population. "In the first war Moscow set up 'filtration camps' to ostensibly separate civilians from militants, and there were widespread reports of torture and beatings," says Meier. "Now the Chechen population fears the Russians are planning the same thing all over again." Frustration may prompt Russia to pursue more brutal and indiscriminate measures, which makes it more likely that the Chechen population will become alienated from Russian forces rather than from the guerrillas - in other words, the waters will become hostile less to the fish than to the fishermen. And, as guerrilla wars from Vietnam...
Parents, don't shelter your children. This is what is going on in their world. Maybe by showing them the story, you can prompt them to recognize someone they consider a threat. It could save lives. CARISSA FOX, age 16 Philadelphia