Word: concern
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...world evoke as many Stephen King-like notions of horror and human frailty. It's hardly a major killer in the global scheme of things. Even when compared to other flash-in-the-pan outbreaks, Ebola epidemics cannot, by virtue of numbers of people killed, be considered a top concern on the health radar screen...
...this deadly filovirus merits international concern, not only in its own right, but as a harbinger of things to come. We ignore the current epidemic in Gulu, Uganda at our collective peril...
...first concern is for the safety and welfare of both victim and community--ensuring immediate help and ongoing support to the victim, and urging on all members of the community the importance of safety and security measures," she wrote in an e-mail message...
...near the mother? No one has studied the long-term effect on kids who spend their early months behind bars, though some initial research suggests that babies don't develop as well there because they don't get the kind of attention and stimulation they need. There are also concerns about children's safety in prisons, which are often not adequately childproof, and about the availability of adequate medical care. Then there are the potential long-term psychological effects. "Our concern is that kids will think prison is normal," says Bobbi Costa, executive director of Families and Friends of Violent...
...different philosophies--have come up with thoughtful, detailed plans to tackle our most pressing educational challenges: schools that repeatedly fail, the opportunity for more early-childhood learning, the shortage of qualified teachers, the high cost of college tuition. And voters in 18 states will decide on ballot initiatives that concern such issues as vouchers and bilingual teaching. Gore is right when he says, "Education is on the ballot this November...