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...much security should the city impose? How cautious should people be? That's part of the problem the mayors have with the vague federal security alerts. McCrory sent a letter to Ridge this week asking for some specifics on how serious a threat is. Otherwise, he says, citizens just tend to assume the worst and stay home. He acknowledges the feds may not be able to do that. But he's trying to heighten security no more than he has to, protecting potential targets like the airport, skyscrapers and the water supply without forcing everyone to walk through metal detectors...
...order to admit a student falling below the presumptive floor, an Ivy school must justify the decision to the entire League on the basis of extenuating academic discrepancies or character strengths of the applicant. According to Fitzsimmons, this rarely happens and schools tend to stop considering an applicant if his or her AI score is below the presumptive floor...
...permit, you can drive during the day without passengers. Most motorcyclists only have permits, but obtaining a license (for full riding privileges) is considerably more difficult because you must pass an actual driving test. One of the reasons Marah purchased a cruiser instead of a sportbike is because sportbikes tend to be driven much faster and she knew she wouldn’t be temped to speed. “My kind of bike is made for easy, laid back kind of driving,” she says. Marah also won’t participate in any competitions in order...
...Harry G. Kimball has a well-developed theory to explain the phenomenon. “We are similarly alienated from mainstream music, but in different ways,” he says. “What we play is underground, obscure: Punk, Hard Core, Indie Rock, ... The prisoners tend to think older, more traditional Heavy Metal. There is a difference between what they want and what we play, but we’re the only music station that accepts requests and is easy to call...
Kimball admits he has never had such a call, but can explain that, too. “They tend to focus more on female DJs,” he expounds, “it’s related to hearing a sexy voice on the radio...