Word: supportive
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Dole's departure means, among other things, that the only GOP candidate willing to stand up to the party's anti-gun control orthodoxy is out of the picture. In May, Dole said she would retain the assault weapon ban and support the prohibition of armor-piercing bullets--both common-sense measures anathema to the powerful National Rifle Association...
...aggressive program of prevention and early detection--not just of obvious threats and violence but also of anything that might lead that way, including petty conflicts among cliques. Says assistant principal Raimondo: "We're trying to pay more attention to kids on the front end." Teachers and support staff are instructed to alert administrators not only to overt discipline problems but also to subtler signs, like a sharp decline in a student's grades or a loss of interest in favorite activities. Says Raimondo: "It gives us 130 pairs of eyes...
Most students, teachers and Webster High parents support Young Life. "It's incredibly cool," enthuses Beth Perez, a Campaigners member. "It just shows kids, at a very early age, why they are here and what God has planned for them and how great their lives can be." Her mother Susan Perez, a lapsed Catholic, speaks for many parents who, if they fail to match their children's fervor, are extremely grateful for the program's fruits. "If your teenager is going to be tied to some sort of group; if she comes out of it saying I don't drink...
Though the FBI has not found evidence to support an espionage indictment against Lee, Justice officials are considering charging him under a lesser statute that makes it a federal felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to handle national defense information with "gross negligence." Richardson and FBI officials are said to be eager to see Lee indicted, not only to sanction him for downloading the legacy codes but also to pressure him to talk about why he did so and with whom, if anyone, he shared the data...
...about time that AltaVista got some serious support. The service began as a tech experiment at the former Digital, but through deals with Yahoo it established itself early on as the most thorough search index of the Web. Digital and then Compaq tried to capitalize on the Top 10 traffic by adding "stickier" features such as subject directories and free e-mail, but that only created opportunities for new index companies like Inktomi, and now Google, to service the established portals - even while the attempts at a fuller AltaVista site floundered. MORE...