Word: commiting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...check." She says she called it quits when Gordon insisted that she perform in a porno flick. So one morning as he showered, she dashed to a waiting car driven by her brother Randy, who spirited her away. Gordon, who has been convicted of attempted bribery and conspiracy to commit pandering, says, "Latoya is a liar, an absolute liar...
...suicide of Admiral Mike Boorda, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations [NATION, May 27], creates a chance for us to understand better why a man takes his own life. In general, four times as many men commit suicide as do women. When I did research for my book The Myth of Male Power, I had to ask, "If men are the powerful sex, why are they the 'suicide sex'?" I found, first, that the more boys in any society learn the traditional male role of keeping feelings and fears to themselves, the more they commit suicide. Second, almost every person...
Throughout history, overly narrow definitions of community have led us to commit unspeakable crimes against people we should have regarded as fellow human beings. Today, these narrow definitions continue to result in the exclusion of those who represent our nation's future. Instead, we must broaden and deepen our conceptions of community. This work is not easy (it is certainly much easier to write about than to actually do), but it is well worth the effort. It holds out the promise of a new and stronger sense of social identity that we can bring with us into the next century...
...chair and secretary of the group, Tweed Roosevelt '64 (great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, who donated the antler chandeliers which have illuminated the Great Hall for decades) and H.A. Crosby Forbes '50, the commit- tee members wrote over 100 letters to President Neil L. Rudenstine, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles and Director of Planning for FAS Philip J. Parsons...
...Netanyahu as the next prime minister of Israel, they have begun mapping out their strategies on dealing with what may prove to be a much tougher Israeli government. After meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Damascus on Monday, Syrian President Hafez Assad told reporters that he will not commit to peace talks with Israel until he learns more about the positions of Israel's new prime minister. "We have to be fully alert and on guard," said the Syrian president. Other Arab leaders are expressing similar misgivings. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who had staked much of his political career...