Even within the correct age parameters, make general observations on the toy before purchasing.
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Avoid sharp edges or points as well as toys with loose attachments such as arrows, bullets, and missiles. Projectile toys can cause damage if they hit the eye, no matter how soft they are. Laser pointers, bright flashing lights, or even a high-powered LED flashlight can cause temporary blindness. Cans of aerosol Silly String pose a serious risk because of the chemicals used in these products. They may have some safety concerns or other considerations that you are unaware of when it comes to appropriate toy choices in their household.
Some of the worst toys on the market are readily available in local stores, so check the World Against Toys Causing Harm list of worst toys before buying. If you are a parent, the holiday season is an ideal time to check the state of old toys.
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Discard or repair old damaged toys. Consider adopting the rule of donating safe toys still in good condition when a new one comes into the toybox.
Read warnings and other safety messages on toy packaging together with your child before play. Teaching your child how to play safely can help prevent unnecessary eye injuries. Millions of Russians had been sent to the gulags for showing the slightest hint of personal initiative.
The Soviets severely penalized independent thinkers, so the natural self-preservation reaction was to do as little as possible and hope that nobody would notice you. How I Became Putin's No. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know.
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One day, a poor villager happens upon a magic talking fish that is ready to grant him a single wish. Overjoyed, the villager weighs his options: Or even better—a thousand bars of gold? Why not a ship to sail the world? I stared out of my window as the plane taxied to the terminal and was astonished to see the burned-out carcass of an Aeroflot passenger plane lying on the side of the runway. I had no idea how it had gotten there.
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Apparently it was too much of a bother for the airport authorities to have it moved. Many other victims of human rights abuses in Russia saw the same thing. They had inadvertently discovered a new method for fighting human rights abuses in authoritarian regimes in the twenty-first century: After a dozen or so of these visits and letters, Senator Cardin and his cosponsors conferred and decided to expand the law, adding sixty-five words to the Magnitsky Act.
The revised bill was officially introduced on May 19, , less than a month after we posted the Olga Stepanova YouTube video. They pressed every senator who would talk to them to sign on.
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There was Garry Kasparov, the famous chess grand master and human rights activist; there was Alexei Navalny, the most popular Russian opposition leader; and there was Evgenia Chirikova, a well-known Russian environmental activist. They just showed up by themselves. This uncoordinated initiative worked beautifully. The number of Senate cosponsors grew quickly, with three or four new senators signing on every month. It was an easy sell. No senator, whether the most liberal Democrat or the most conservative Republican, would lose a single vote for banning Russian torturers and murderers from coming to America.
The Magnitsky Act was gathering so much momentum that it appeared it might be unstoppable. From the day that Kyle Scott at the State Department stonewalled me, I knew that the administration was dead set against this, but now they were in a tough spot. If they openly opposed the law, it would look as if they were siding with the Russians.