Word: aaron
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After World War II, executions became less popular. The reduction was steady: 82 by 1950, 49 in 1959 and finally just two in 1967, one of whom was Aaron Mitchell, a California murderer denied clemency by then Governor Ronald Reagan. The nation's chairs, gallows and gas chambers were temporarily retired partly because judicial standards became more scrupulous-often after legal battles waged by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (L.D.F.) and the American
...Aaron public affairs director of the American Council on Education, said the major opposition to the proposals came from representatives of predominately Black colleges who felt that standardized tests often discriminated against minority groups...
...Aaron defended the standardized test requirement and said it was the only national standard of measuring academic ability. He added that last night's vote would help to assure "that in the use of the term student-athlete student will come first...
...wife Mary Edith write her master's thesis in psychology. Says he: "I don't know what it can't do. It's like asking yourself, 'What's the most exciting thing you've ever done?' Well, I don't know because I haven't done it yet." Aaron Brown, a former defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs and now an office-furniture salesman in Minneapolis, was converted to the computer by his son Sean, 15, who was converted at a summer course in computer math. "I thought of computers very much as toys," says Brown, "but Sean started...
Under man-to-man pressure, the Holy Cross team seemed unfazed, scoring a number of points from its textbook fast break Guards Karen Grutch field and Cheryl Aaron worked along a carelessly guarded baseline, often driving in for an easy basket or simply pulling up from the outside to score. The entire Crusader lineup contributed equally to the attack--the five starters had 10 points apiece at halftime...