Word: tells
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...meeting is voluntary, and students have no obligation to tell her why they were treated, she said...
...Russian troop casualties. It is easy to condemn this strategy and its real and atrocious human cost, but it is not unlike American justification for the use of the atomic bomb on Japanese cities during WWII. Moreover, as in all wars with guerrilla fighters, it is often hard to tell Chechen rebels from ordinary villagers...
Madeleine Albright knows a really good reason to stay home for New Year's Eve, but she's not going to tell you exactly what it is. Hinting that there is danger of a "Bin Laden-related" terrorist action (isn't everything these days?), the State Department over the weekend warned those Americans living beyond U.S. borders that they are in considerable danger this holiday season. Though officials say they have received word of a specific threat, Washington isn't saying where Bin Laden or other terrorists may strike, simply asking all Americans living or traveling abroad to take extra...
...treat this as a case of crying wolf. "This sounds to me larger than many of the ones we've put out," an official told the Los Angeles Times. "You don't want to over-alarm them, but if we have this information, there's an obligation to tell them." Some specifics would be nice...
...rejection of this appeal may not be much of a weathervane when it comes to the Justices' final take on the topic, says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. "When the Supreme Court decides not to take a case, you can't really tell what the impetus may be," he says. As Cohen notes, the court already has a religious-school case on its docket, and may be unwilling to take on another - the Justices are expected to rule by next summer whether religious schools in Louisiana can receive federal funding for computers and educational materials. That case, notes Cohen, will...