Word: earshot
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Experts agree that an adult should generally avoid being alone with someone else's child. Youth-sport coaches should conduct their one-on-one instruction out of earshot but in full view of others. All sorts of "private" counseling with children should be held with the door open and in a well-traveled area...
...selling this English subsidiary 5. Warts and all 6. Cpl. or sgt. 7. Bond portrayer Timothy 8. It apologized for having insured the lives of slaves 9. Conger, for one 11. Viviana __, winner of 39-Across's Science Talent Search Competition 12. Name on Prizms, once 14. Within earshot 17. Its House has okayed civil unions for gays 20. Star in the constellation Orion 22. Native of Brno 24. Word on either side of -a- 25. Notre Dame's Parseghian 27. Word with doctor's or marching 28. Org. that drew fire for its "Got Beer?" ad campaign 29. Quarter...
...online) had a picture of two parents who were certifiably freaking out with their eyeballs bulging and their mouths agape in terror. "Our son's concentrating in Folk and Myth" read the caption. My parents didn't react in quite the same way, at least not within my earshot. But they were under the impression, perhaps, that this was all "just a phase," and in due time I would change to a more honorable concentration like social studies or biochemistry. "At least try to have your special field in psychology, or something more applicable," my mom tried to reason with...
...brand names, such as Plymouth and Oldsmobile, have begun to feel the pinch as the companies seek to cut marketing and advertising costs by focusing on brands with a more youthful image. Oldsmobile, with sagging sales throughout the decade despite many attempts at a spruce-up, reportedly remains within earshot of the GM scrap heap, and Ford's recent acquisitions of Volvo and Jaguar could threaten the longevity of Mercury...
...well be better than the last. But to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, eternal vigilance could well be the price of freeware. In the beginning, the primary allure of the Web was that everyone on it immediately had their own stage, their own printing press, and the government seemed out of earshot. Now that the Internet has become a backbone of corporate America and of the nation's thriving economy, it is getting more attention from the government from ever. According to these guys, it dearly needs...