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...consigliere privileges), and then confronts Quinn about her pregnancy. Rachel had been keeping Jacob quiet with panty payments, but once he let the news slip to Sue, the coach forces him to publish on his blog. With her popularity threatened, and with possibly nothing left but glee, Quinn is distraught, and the club rallies around her in the final number...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...website of Hink's group details incident after incident of zero-tolerance absurdities and overreactions, some highlighted in press reports, others submitted by distraught parents who often complain they are not notified by school authorities until the child has been removed from campus. One mother of a young boy who helped a schoolmate set off a fire alarm learned of her son's plight from a text message he sent her: "Mom, I'm in trouble - please come to school." A second text followed: "I'm probably going to jail." She found her son in leg shackles at the juvenile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Eases 'Zero-Tolerance' Laws | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...lives of Sesame Street’s adult residents run right alongside the present problems of Wall Street and Main Street. Some of the families featured on the show face not only economic stress, but also what amounts to disillusionment with the American dream. The adults are generally more distraught and more in need of advice than the kids—which is why, once again, this show is for everyone...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Lessons From the Street | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...38am: It appears that the cigarettes have run out. I'm slightly distraught until someone offers me a long, thin one. I tell her that an English nickname for these is "hooker sticks...

Author: By Lena Chen | Title: 24 Hours in Belgrade | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...Then he walked in, beard unshaven, looking distraught. Earlier, one intern had told me she’d heard that he had been laid off. He quickly gathered us in an unlit office (with some sunlight) to confirm the news...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: The Manila Folder | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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