Word: bateman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne wears a crimson A as punishment for adultery. In Portland, Ore., Richard Bateman may wear a similar badge of shame when released from jail in two months. At his sentencing in May, Judge Dorothy M. Baker knew that he was unlikely to spend a long time behind bars in the overcrowded prison system, despite his history of molesting young children. So she ordered that for four years after his release, Bateman, 47, must post signs on his home and on both sides of any vehicle he drives that read, in letters at least three inches high...
...syrup all over the breakfast table, Mom yells convincingly but makes no move toward the table. Is there a mother on earth who would not be there with a sponge in two seconds flat? Of course, the gooey mess must stay in place so 16-year-old David (Jason Bateman) can sit in it, so Mom will have to clean his pants later on, so she will find a note in the pocket written by his new 24-year-old girlfriend, so they can have a fight over his dating an "older woman" and provide a reason for the episode...
...value of the Dow index altogether. The widely watched indicator consists of stocks of 30 major companies, including IBM, Eastman- Kodak and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. "You can no longer tell what 35,000 stocks will do by watching just 30 stocks," says Wachtel. Philip Fernandez, an institutional analyst at Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, agrees: "The Dow is too exclusive and too narrow...
...Bateman, the Chevron mechanic, tells Madison how he was practicing his coyote call while out fishing. "This old boy just bebopped up to me and said, 'Good morning,' " Bateman recounts. "I didn't have my gun so I just smiled at him and said, 'You lucky...
...would lose 5% of its federal highway funds for that year and 10% in 1988. There is little doubt that the threat of losing highway money, amounting to tens of millions of dollars in populous states, would press most noncomplying legislatures into action. Says Idaho State Representative Linden Bateman: "If the federal legislation passes, the law will also pass in Idaho...