Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This hernia-inducing monster measures in at 37 by 27 inches and resembles less a book than an ornate piece of antique furniture. "That doesn't sound very imposing," explains Halpert, "but it takes the strength of two to move it, an action we perform as seldom as possible." Though only two inches thick, the book's binding drips with metal ornamentation and decorative gilt. Houghton's two copies lie comfortably in custom-made cloth cases, so comfortably, in fact, that librarians hate to disturb them...
...central disagreement between Amaral and the deans seems to be a legal one. All parties agree that Queen grasped Amaral's wheelchair and moved it a short distance. They disagree over whether this action was the equivalent of a physical assault on Amaral's person...
Amaral says she was "dragged" off the elevator, and says this action is at the heart of her assault charges--"My chair is part of my body," she says...
...paint Albert as a good guy who's only human, but Sprewell as Grandson of Sam, is unjustifiable in a society that measures justice not by action alone, but by accountability. The only ambiguity in my mind is whether the difference in acceptance of these two men results from racism, sexism or both...
Both the Crimson and the Bulldogs will be in action at the Murr Center for the ISA Team Championships from...