Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...atmosphere in the occupied building was serious, she says, as students began to recognize the gravity of what was occurring...
...went to a football game last year and there were almost no undergrads," says Parry, who has been a Harvard admissions representative for Southern California. "Students today are more fragmented in terms of their time, because they are far more serious about their grades and studying. Going to a football game isn't as high on a student's agenda...
...those who are serious about their work hewill give you his time," she says. "You have to bedisciplined--he's very concerned about making youdo your project and doing it well...
Teachers will often urge a child to solve a problem herself. But while that is a necessary skill on the playground and in the rest of life, serious sexual harassment usually cannot be handled by a child acting alone. If your daughter tells you she is being sexually bullied, first of all believe her. She has already done the hardest thing by coming to you. Go to the school and discuss the matter with your child's teachers and administrators, and follow up in writing...
Asteroids are becoming serious business. Just last month a House subcommittee recommended a threefold increase in spending on observation of near-Earth objects. And only a year after astronomers triggered a short-lived scare by suggesting that asteroid 1997 XF11 might someday strike Earth, another newly discovered asteroid is causing concern. This one is 1999 AN10, a kilometer-wide hulk that in 2027 could hurtle past us as little as 20,000 miles away. First spotted in January, the asteroid attracted little attention when Italian astronomers posted preliminary calculations of its orbit on their website. But when these results were...