Word: summering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Early summer heat and a lack of adult supervision are blamed for the rash of accidents. Two brothers, ages 2 and 3, drowned within four minutes when their mother went to answer the telephone. More than 8,000 people showed up recently for a free course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and requests for pool-fencing estimates have tripled. But authorities stress that parental vigilance is the key to preventing these tragedies. "If you can't answer the doorbell without taking your eyes off the kids," warns Stephen Jensen, assistant to the Phoenix fire chief, "don't answer the door...
...commercial airliners being maintained properly? A barrage of questions about passenger-jet safety were raised last week in the midst of the busy summer travel season. The Air Transport Association, an industry trade group, reported that U.S. carriers are facing a serious shortage of mechanics even as demand for them is growing. Meanwhile, as if to point up the understaffing in the hangars, several airlines were forced to abort flights because of mechanical problems...
...Harvard Summer School session draws to a close, so do The Harvard Crimson's summer issues. Following a few weeks of vacation, The Crimson will publish its first-year student registration issue on Monday, September...
...kids are really lucky. They're growing up in at least five cultures: the traditional Yemeni at their grandmother's the Orthodox shtieble on the corner, Israel every summer, my friends from the Institute of Social Analysis and Greenwich Village, and our black neighborhood. That combination is just about unbeatable...
Prior to the high court's ruling this summer, such a suit would have seemed frivolous and hopeless. But it is a measure of how far we've come--or, more accurately, how far backwards we've slid--that such ridiculous legal action could now stand a reasonable chance of success...