Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...court has sought to expedite the labyrinthine appeals process, but to little avail as yet. The Autry case seemed to be typical of how the Justices would like to see such cases handled. In 1980, Autry was sentenced to death for murdering Store Clerk Shirley Drouet, 43, in Port Arthur, Texas, when the mother of five asked him to pay $2.70 for a six-pack of beer. "Here's your $2.70," he said and shot her between the eyes. After the conviction, Autry's attorney had appeals turned down in state and federal courts. When his case reached...
Other difficulties arise from the design of Harvard housing, which is generally not suited to children's needs. "You give up living in any normal sort of way," says Arthur Demarest, a resident tutor in Anthropology living in the Leverett towers with his wife Mary and Andrew, who is almost one. "We spent a lot of time in the emergency room when he first started walking," Mary Demarest adds, recalling Andrew's collisions with Leverett Towers concrete walls...
Their suite is now virtually paneled in styrofoam, giving it the look of a high-rise ig100, but "there's just about no way he can hurt himself," says Arthur Demarest...
...District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity said the original order was "overbroad," in a short, three-page opinion issued last week. Garrity said complaints from students and academic personnel were not related to Walters lawsuit...
COMBINING THE TALENTS of Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen with those of veteran director Arthur Hiller would seem to promise, if not quite the "very different love story" described by the director, at least an effervescent romp in the style of Arthur. Unfortunately, neither Moore's broguish charm nor Steenburgen's poignant spaciness can save Romantic Comedy from its writer and director. Rather, the actors' valiant attempts to save the show make it all the more perturbing to watch. Observing cast members with their flies inadvertently unzipped for an hour and a half would, in fact, provide a comparable level...