Word: afoul
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...pardon, Rich's American attorneys contended that, at most, Rich should have faced civil, not criminal, charges. They pointed out that many of the allegations leveled at their client could not be brought today under Justice Department policy and current law. Other U.S. companies that also ran afoul of price controls either never faced charges or were allowed to reach a settlement without undergoing criminal proceedings...
...like it." Her principal, Roni Sushko, isn't quite so charmed. She has cited Tonya, 13, for dress-code violations eight times since the beginning of the school year, suspending her on two of those occasions. Tonya's infractions include wearing miniskirts and spaghetti-strap tops, which run afoul of regulations that the school's county instituted last year. The new code specifies that all skirts and shorts must fall no higher than 4 in. above the knee, and shirts must be tucked in. "When one of our teenagers comes in looking like Britney Spears, they carry with them...
...good judge of people--those who have worked with both men say he is shrewder than was his father about aides' weaknesses as well as their strengths. That is a good thing, because he must choose a Cabinet that balances the many factions in his party--without running afoul of the other one. And he has consciously constructed a White House staff to avoid the mistakes that he believes limited his father's presidency to a single term...
...McSweetbreads b) a Chicken Run Happy Meal prize c) A deep-fried chicken head d) A chicken that ran afoul of the Hamburglar...
...Barbara Lane, 53, and suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Haven House, a 20-bed residential hospice in North Atlanta, is living up to its name. ALS invariably kills, but the timing is hard to predict, which runs afoul of the hospice requirement that a patient certifiably have no more than six months to live. Coverage can be extended only if deterioration is continuous or if death is predictable within subsequent six-month periods. Doctors determined that they could not certify Lane, after she had spent a year in her original hospice, a third time, but Haven House executive director Metta...