Word: waked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...share the staff's distress in the wake of the Littleton tragedy. And we concur that more must be done to keep weapons out of the hands of juveniles. However, the staff lets its emotion cloud its reason when it makes vague, blanket demands for stricter gun control legislation...
Still, some intelligent measures have been suggested in the wake of this disaster. Among them are increased counseling and mental health services in schools as well as tighter gun control laws...
...city of Jerusalem may end up paying a heavy price for Benjamin Netanyahu's election campaign. That's what the hawkish Israeli prime minister is being accused of in the wake of his decision to close Orient House, the Palestinian Authority's unofficial headquarters in the city. Israeli opposition leaders charged on Friday that Netanyahu made the move knowing that likely Palestinian unrest in the heart of Jerusalem would work for him on the eve of Israel's election. "This may have created a very dangerous situation, but it's politically expedient for Netanyahu," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa...
...wake of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, the Quincy House Assassin Committee announced a 19-hour truce yesterday out of respect for the 15 people killed in Tuesday's Littleton, Colo. rampage...
...three other roommates, one of which had a friend visiting that weekend. The roommate and her visiting friend were both going to leave early the next morning, so they decided to sleep on the common room futon (where l was supposed to have slept). This way, they would not wake anyone when they got up." Unfortunately, Juri ended up sleeping in the roommate's bed, and the mixup climaxed--since the girl lived in a double. "This roommate came home very late that night and proceeded to undress very slowly right in front of the open window," Juri recalls with...