Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result of this unusual background has beento lead many, including officials at the center,to wrestle again with what has long been anethical dilemma in academia: when does researchstop being academic and start becoming paidpromotional material...
...Kids don't, and that's where you have problems, because if parents are very lenient and don't set limits, then kids will never learn that there is a limit and that they should stop at some point," he says. "That's when they go and start experimenting with that stuff...
...usual school-day outfit of jeans, sweatshirt and sneakers, sits in English class. Most of the girls, who , are taller than Josh, wear short skirts and white ankle-length socks with their sneakers. Between classes, kids primp in front of mirrors on locker doors. Lip glosses glow at the start of each class. An open locker door reveals a picture of a sunset with these words underneath: "Let's get drunk and go to heaven." A few kids kiss amid the shuffling crowd. Over the decades the smooching pose has not changed: girls stand nonchalantly as boys, elbow bent against...
...mother has worked full time at the state department of human services, where she processes vouchers, since before her first child was born. "Nowadays, once you start depending on that second paycheck, there's no turning back," she reports...
...time the morning's announcements start, John David is at his desk preparing for math and science. The voice over the loudspeaker reads a poem. "Accept me for me./ Even though I am not the image of your fantasy,/ I am striving to be the best I can be./ Please accept me for me." Despite the fidgeting, the students seem attentive...