Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Since enrolling at Harvard last summer, McVearry has missed her students. But the "Paint Pals/Pen Pals" program has allowed her to introduce her pupils' experiences into the lives of local kids...
...spent the rest of the week looking for signs of the loving relationship my parents had built when the obnoxious teenager in me - reared on the fairy-tale love stories of made-for-TV movies or the cheesy teen-romance novels my local library ordered by the series - was too busy to notice. After the accident, Maria was the first name my father could say after he pronounced his own. Hers was the first face he could recognize. Last weekend, when my older sister substituted for our mom at a speech therapy session, my father immediately asked her where...
...with festivities and parties which quickly launched Thursday's debauchery—a Bizarre Bazaar and a performance by Wyclef. Sunny skies on Thursday and Friday and the constant outpouring of free alcohol kept the campus smiling. The Samples and G Love stole the stage on Saturday, while many local and college bands filled the down time. But some students barely noticed the melodies. "Not many people were in any shape to listen to the music," Sang Lee, a senior at Brown, admits. Some of the blame falls on the dreary weather that rolled into town Saturday afternoon...
...September, DGP launched its first project, entitled "RESPECT." DGP members began talking to teachers, social workers, parents and students in local schools about the incidence of youth violence and the need for respect between students...
...against tobacco do not all have similar cases. There are, for example, people who began smoking before warnings were issued, those who started after the warnings and those harmed by secondhand smoke. Then there are the varying interests of the individuals, corporations (such as insurance companies) and government institutions (local, state and federal) bringing the suits. In addition, the Supreme Court and the appellate courts tend to be cautious about the manageability of large class action suits with a diverse group of plaintiffs. At age 78, Judge Weinstein seems unlikely to be around long enough to hear the case...