Word: playground
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...example, James B. Conant '14, who was a Crimson editor, sought to make Harvard more open and meritocratic during his presidency and attempted to change the University from a playground for Boston Brahmins to a more serious academic institution...
Teachers will often urge a child to solve a problem herself. But while that is a necessary skill on the playground and in the rest of life, serious sexual harassment usually cannot be handled by a child acting alone. If your daughter tells you she is being sexually bullied, first of all believe her. She has already done the hardest thing by coming to you. Go to the school and discuss the matter with your child's teachers and administrators, and follow up in writing...
...instant antique: imposing Athenian edifices that seem about to crumble before your eyes. Spider-Man and his Marvel superhero pals inhabit a comic-book-bright boulevard. Toon Lagoon is haunted by old favorites from the rotogravure, like Beetle Bailey and Dagwood. Jurassic Park's primeval foliage conceals a labyrinthine playground, a Discovery Center where you can see a raptor egg hatch, a Pteranodon Flyers ride that lets you soar above the park and a mechanical triceratops that pees and farts on cue. The beast, nicknamed Cera, allows a child to pet her--"unless the kid is wearing a Disney...
Saying that he never once saw a playground or play area for the children, Pryor emphasized the need for children's programs in the camps...
...been downloaded by her two teenage sons--which she'll do, she says, "whether the boys are there or not. And they know it." Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist in Medfield, Mass., suggests that accompanying your child to a website he frequents is no different from "checking out a playground where your kids go, to see that it's safe, to see who hangs around there...