Word: protected
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...murdering children, and they did absolutely nothing." As for the school, he charges, "jocks could get away with anything. If they wanted to punch a kid in the mouth and walk away, they could. Had I known this, my son wouldn't have been there. They did nothing to protect students from each other...
Within a day of getting online, however, I realized I needed two things: a home network so the two computers in my office could share the cable modem, and a fire wall to protect my machines. The fire wall was especially urgent, I felt. It spooked me to leave my PCs connected to the Net all day unattended. The simple security solutions--unplugging them or disabling file sharing-- didn't work because I needed to share files with my wife. And I can never remember to unplug the modem at night. I ended up getting BlackICE Defender, a $39 piece...
Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents. They may do this to avoid punishment, to escape being identified as "crazy," or to protect the parents they love from being disappointed or worried. In the wake of his shooting rampage, Kip Kinkel reported that he had been hearing voices but didn't tell anyone. Klebold successfully hid his inner turmoil from his loving parents. Anyway, how many parents are capable of thinking the worst of their son--for example, that he harbors murderous fantasies, or that he could...
...club in Nashville with another member of his platoon. While later testimony confirmed Winchell's homosexuality, heterosexuals can, and have, attended gay clubs. His sergeant informally investigated the matter of Winchell's sexual orientation but only came up with suspicions and no concrete evidence. Yet he did nothing to protect Winchell from harassment by his peers. Such harassment is against Army regulations. The sergeant's confusion and cowardice is somewhat understandable in light of the vagueness of the Army's policy...
...temptation to be preachy and melodramatic. Carmichael crafts an exceptional portrayal of Roma, the clean-cut "nice guy" whose smooth-talking is so smooth that he even takes in the audience, leaving them all the more crushed at his final betrayal. Carmichael displays an impressive range of emotions that protect his character from stagnancy. He becomes, in one sense, a key figure of opportunist temptation in the play - a devil swathed in the borrowed robes of opportunity...