Word: trappings
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...result, Shumsky requested at Friday's meeting that the doors in those Houses that can trap students in courtyards after 1 a.m. be accessible to students 24 hours...
...believe she is living the twilight of the Ko Pha-Ngan era. But just as surely as she will eventually return to California and begin the next phase of her life, so too will Ko Pha-Ngan pass from the domain of ravey subculture to just another pretty tourist trap. The Beach was just the latest book to get it right: Paradise will always be lost...
Reporters fall into the same trap. In his genial conversations with the press, McCain often seems a good deal more moderate than he actually is. He muses about helping the have-nots, but his policies tend to help the have-a-lots. He speaks of universal health care but offers no plan to get anywhere close. And reporters give him leeway because his reputation as a crusader for reform--someone who wants to "kick the big-money boys out of Washington"--is so disarming...
Harvard hung tight, executing its system very well throughout the game. Mazzoleni had switched his forecheck from a 1-3-1 trap to a more aggressive 2-2-1 system, which produced more turnovers and kept the pressure on the Bulldog forwards...
WORKING-PARENT TRAP What's good for the economy may not be so good for young children. Full employment for moms and dads has created a severe child-care shortage, a California Child Care Resource & Referral Network study reveals. There are only enough licensed facilities in the state for 1 in 5 children. And the strong economy is luring child-care workers to take more lucrative jobs in other fields. The result: what quality care is available is very expensive--costing 30% of the median family income, for example, to place two children in a center...