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Opponents warn that dodge ball--also called murder ball and killer ball in some places--could be an incubator for later aggressive, even violent behavior. "The whole game to [some kids] is about hitting someone as hard as they can and laughing," says Lilla Atherton, a fifth-grader in Fairfax County, Va., where the game has been banned. "If a boy doesn't throw hard and make a hit, the other boys call him a girl." Critics charge the sport isn't even good exercise, since it typically leaves the weakest, most overweight kids--the ones usually knocked out first...
...schools are banning the childhood game, saying it's too violent." Tamala Edwards' article reports that "in a growing number of school districts in such states as Texas, Virginia, Maine, and Massachusetts, circles of kids dodging and throwing balls at one another have been banned from gym class...Opponents warn that dodge ball - also called murder ball and killer ball in some places - could be an incubator for later aggressive, even violent behavior...
...gutting of the free press may have ominous consequences beyond Russia's borders. Western officials warn that foreign investment may dry up and that Russia's credibility and influence abroad will weaken. "You can't extinguish the ability of your own people to criticize the government and then expect to be taken seriously," says a State Department official...
...Movies, of course, are not documentaries; and movie directors are not obliged to tell the truth about themselves or their countrymen. An American might warn foreigners about inferring too much from the gruff heroes and idiot pranksters of Hollywood pictures. A Japanese person, when asked about that nation's cinematic self-portraits, can sagely reply that it's only a movie. Most films are more eloquent about their makers' intentions than about their society's ills. And films about a foreign culture say more about local fears than about the country in front of the camera...
Before he began, he told the audience, “I should warn you that the cadenzas will be improvised...