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...lawsuit, he says. The bottom line, which for me is ultimately shocking, is that the school graduates the two students accused of abuse, and my client does not get a diploma. Hawkins opted to get his diploma from a local public school rather than continue at Groton. Groton officials contend that Hawkins was given the opportunity to finish school by doing work at home, but he refused...
...single white glove and moonwalk are relevant no more, long since replaced by new fads and fancies. Staying power need not be an impossible feat, however. Madonna and Sting, both rockers of the 1980s, have stayed fresh and hip well into the new millennium. But they never had to contend with life as a child performer, with racism, with scandal, or with what is perhaps the most insurmountable obstacle of all: a little album known as Thriller...
...Sharon, too, has to contend with quiet but insistent diplomatic pressure. More importantly, he needs to deliver on his promise to restore Israel's security. And though Israeli public opinion has been solidly behind his ever-stronger military measures, those steps have yet to prove capable of ending the intifada. Instead, almost a year into the uprising, the Israeli military is warning that the intifada is likely to continue for at least the next five years. And as much as Israeli voters are behind the Sharon right now, they're unlikely to accept being locked into the current violent stalemate...
Candidates must also contend with an expanding district, which extends to Easton to the southwest, Braintree to the southeast, Brockton, the old shoe manufacturing town, and the textile mills of Taunton...
...area deserve equal scrutiny. "The lake looks wasteful," Loder says, "but it uses half the water a date grove would use, and I've attracted high-end buyers whose money feeds the local economy." Loder's completed project could add more than $1 million in property taxes, so supporters contend the lake benefits the community by improving the socioeconomic impact of the water. "This valley was built on agriculture, but that's now our weakest link," says Russell Kitahara, a melon farmer and a member of the water district's board of directors. "Unfortunately, people don't want to hear...