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| | Sniper cuts down a haven: South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
 | | Once a high temple of instruction isolated from the turbulence of the real world, the school has become just like any other institution, wracked by various social ills, such as illicit drugs, divorce and child abuse. |
 | | Within the past few years, schools have had to face the prospect of mass-murdering students, the threat of terrorism and, last week in Prince George's County, a faceless sniper shooting with accuracy from a hidden distance. |
 | | After the massacre three years ago of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School, parents realized they couldn't protect their children after sending them to school, said Jack Levin, a sociology professor at Northeastern University in Boston, who has written about school violence. |
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