Word: comptons
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...observers in the public galleries as the personification of evil. He watches the proceedings intently, taking notes and exchanging points with his lawyers. Asks Creighton Pickering, 20, a photography student: "What ever possessed him?" Others come with thoughts of Lisa in mind. "I have an adopted son," says Spencer Compton, 37, a law student. "It makes me feel frustrated that the system has holes in it that would allow this to occur...
...wary. Then a visitor mentions that cocaine comes from a plant grown in South America. Frog's eyes grow wide, and he suddenly looks like the confused little boy he is. "You think it is a plant?" he asks in astonishment. "That's silly. Everybody knows cocaine comes from Compton ((a town just south of Los Angeles)). The gangsters make it there...
Harvard (5-0), finishing only five seconds off the course record, crossed the finish line in 5:49.6 in nearly-perfect racing conditions to claim the Compton Cup. The previously-undefeated Tigers were beaten by almost four seconds and MIT straggled across the finish line 19 second later...
...shock waves set off by the interview seemed magnified simply because Rather was involved. "Dan leaps out like a tiger, and some people don't like that," says ABC Correspondent Ann Compton. "He is a lightning rod for the American people who believe the press is rude." CBS stations around the country were besieged by phone callers criticizing Rather (though pro and con opinions became more evenly divided as the week went on). A Times-Mirror Gallup poll conducted Wednesday showed that Rather's favorable rating among viewers -- already lower than that of either of his two network rivals -- dropped...
...After the Cleveland Jewish News (circ. 15,000) picked up the story, General Mills agreed to change the box cover to a design without the pendant. The offending package had gone through routine approvals, corporate officials explained, but no one at General Mills or its ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi Compton, had noticed the Star of David look-alike...