Word: offing
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Jackson remains obstinate. He still insists that there is a racial conspiracy and points to the fact that while blacks make up 47 percent of the student body in Decatur, they account for 87 percent of the expulsions. This is an unequivocally troubling statistic. However, racism it does not necessarily...
It is the final irony of this whole sordid affair that Jackson's actions have in the end dealt a serious blow to the welfare of the very community who he ostensibly cares so much about. The school board estimates that Jackson's lawsuit has cost them at least $100...
As things currently stand, in addition to the frivolous expense of his ranting, Jackson is probably the only national leader on record who objects to a "zero-tolerance" policy against school violence. Which begs the question: Why is Jackson still considered a national leader at all? In this, the wake...
What a letdown. People were hunkering in bomb shelters, stocking up on canned food and cleaning out gun shops, but for what? When Jan. 1, 2000 rolled around, there wasn't much destruction as a result of the dreaded Y2K computer bug. A few minor glitches popped up here and...
Although the predictions that the world would end were about as accurate as Dionne Warwick's Psychic Friends Network, the precautionary efforts undertaken by companies and governments worldwide ensured that we can safely ring in the new year, the last year of the second millennium.