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...fetch him. If a child needs to use the bathroom, use a buddy system, whether an adult is present or not. Don't touch a child unless it is necessary--for example, if she is injured--and then only in front of others. Don't hug a player or pupil; a "high-five" is better. An adult should avoid being alone in a car with someone else's child. A chaperone or coach waiting for a child to be picked up after a game or dance should wait with the child in a public place. Adults who work with children...
...government says it is having to act to prevent its prize pupil from being beaten up. Because of Smith & Wesson's actions, according to a report in Thursday's New York Times, gun distributors and wholesalers are excluding its products from their stores and shows, and have made it clear the company is unwelcome at shooting matches. The company's legal counsel, which counts other gun makers among its clients, announced it would no longer represent Smith & Wesson. In response to this apparent stonewall - which the gun industry says is not coordinated - the government has moved quickly, launching antitrust investigations...
...even as they grow in clout, for-profit schools are still struggling to do what their name denotes--make money. That requires taking the same government funds that the average school district spends per pupil per year--the U.S. average is $6,500--and not only providing a superior education but also squeezing out a profit. That's a tough task in a field in which "the margins are more like McDonald's than Microsoft's," as Thomas Toch, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, puts...
...addition to Susie, Dr. Ashford (Diane Kagan), Dr. Bearing's old college literature professor, makes a poignant appearance at the deathbed of her old pupil in doubtlessly the most inspired moment of Wit. Kagan performs admirably as a soothing, serene presence in the life of a woman deep in physical pain and admittedly afraid of dying. She comforts Vivian as well as the audience, now taken by the increasingly realistic scenario that Dr. Bearing confronts...
...also agreed that, with the results of a state audit of district finances in hand, the budget process will be especially exacting this year. Many committee members say they need to take a "critical look" at why Cambridge has high per-pupil spending but test scores below state averages...