Word: recession
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...stepfamily would appeal the ruling, as it had done in response to every previous unfavorable decision. If an appeal had been made, it would have required that the case be heard by all 11 judges on the Supreme Court bench - and because the court does not return from recess until Feb. 1, that would have meant Sean spending yet another Christmas away from his father. (See 25 people who mattered...
...Janeiro last week ruled in favor of Goldman, and gave the stepfamily 48 hours to hand the boy over. But a Supreme Court judge overturned that ruling on appeal. Although the court was not obliged to take up the case again until after its return from recess, Mendes, the court's president, classed the matter as urgent and decided to rule immediately...
...mailed statement, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds echoed the general student sentiment, saying that Peer Advising Fellows told her that “it has been a transition to write papers before the winter recess,” but would be “worth it when they [students] are afforded a January reprieve from academic obligations...
...explosion of parenting websites as "among the most powerful weapons" in the war against overparenting. But we'll never restore children's right to play until the legal system protects the freedom to let kids take the normal risks of childhood. Until then, out of fear of litigation, recess will continue to be banned at schools across the country, park officials will remove jungle gyms that might attract a child over 5 and parents will feel a legal need to hover on playdates...
...volunteers, all students belonging to Princeton's humor magazine, The Princeton Tiger, used their fall recess to drive to Cambridge in order to help their less fortunate peers. 'Everyone's hurting in this economy,' said Steven Liss, Chairman of The Tiger...