Word: vigilante
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This arrangement may be a painful pill to swallow, but history has shown again and again that, in convoluted situations, compromise is sometimes bittersweet. Even Nelson Mandela had to make painful concessions. If the opposition effectively capitalizes its parliamentary majority and its dominance in various urban and rural councils while...
The Cambridge City Council voted last night to oppose the use of Homeland Security surveillance cameras in eight locations in the city, citing concerns about the preservations of civil liberties. The cameras, which were installed last year but have yet to be activated, were funded by a federal Homeland Security...
City-council president Marty Eggleston says officials are trying to simultaneously reassure residents and urge them to be vigilant without resorting to vigilantism. "This is a situation no one has prepared themselves for. No one would expect that we would have individuals who would go out and covertly terrorize this community," he told TIME on Monday, several hours before a packed city-council meeting that addressed the crisis. "We can protect ourselves by not giving these 'opportunists' an opportunity to do things to us," he said. "For example, we talked about turning your porch light on at night to light...
But coaches, parents and medical personnel should expect resistance from athletes and remain on the lookout for those trying to downplay or hide less visible symptoms like headaches. What if a college scout was at the game you sat out because you got your bell rung? "For these kids, their...
The ensuing weeks saw skirmishes between the two countries as the disputed territory of Kashmir came front and center in the battle to prevent militants from infiltrating the now hyper-vigilant India. Qureshi's response was sympathetic to an India eager to see justice brought to the attacks' perpetrators, but...