Word: vigilanteism
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With the appointed committee set to begin deliberations at the beginning of the new academic year, PSLM members said they would need to be vigilant, particularly as the committee’s student representatives are selected next week. During the meeting, a member began distributing cards to marshal volunteers for...
There were, of course, instances where a question would slip through the cracks. Maybe a new edition of the Cliffs Notes for "Hamlet" had passed under my mom?s radar. Maybe two pages of her "Henry V" notes got stuck together. Whatever the reason, there were occasional lapses; a quiz...
Thursday, one day after the Bush administration announced plans to phase out salmonella testing for ground beef bound for school lunch programs, the administration backtracked in the face of rising consumer ire. Officials now insist they will keep the vigilant - or excessive, according to the beef industry - screening processes implemented...
Happily, my friend is vigilant. When she goes out to eat, she grills waiters about recipes and ingredients. She carries a penlike syringe of super-strength antihistamine, which she is prepared to plunge into her thigh in the case of accidental almond consumption. And, of course, she reads food labels...
...McDaniel, director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence: "We still have a lot of people saying it could not happen here, but we have a lot more who are realizing they need to be vigilant." The question is, Can administrators and students be vigilant without being vigilantes...