Word: waiver
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...jump cost about $65, plus $20 for a videotape of the experience. "Why so expensive?" I asked. "Because of high insurance premiums," the woman answered. No added comfort there. The required waiver wasn't very reassuring either. I was accepting full responsibility for anything that might happen, and indemnifying A.J. Hackett against any liability, even if the company proved negligent. Essentially, the employees could hit me over the head and toss me off the tower without a bungy and my family would be powerless...
Bernice has received transportation reimbursements for getting to and from the CCRC, money for after-school day care and a waiver for the $65 child care training...
According to Bekken, the request before theboard was filed by the Trust in order to expandits planned building beyond the limited height anddensity specifications for the site. If thespecial permits are granted, the Trust will stillneed to obtain a waiver from the Zoning Board...
...English bilingual education, the new system will force all students not proficient in English into a one-year crash course in the English language. After the year-long course, parents who want to keep their children in bilingual education programs could attempt to do so by seeking a waiver...
However, as Peter Schrag points out in the The New Republic (Mar. 9), the waivers will only be granted if the child's parents themselves appear at the school and if the student has already been failing in a regular class for 30 days, rendering the waiver "a prescription for academic defeat," not a feasible alternative to English-only education. Some Latino political leaders have criticized the proposal for this reason, arguing that students who don't become fluent in English after the mandatory year will be left floundering...