Word: countryman
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...have few marketable skills and thus enter the work force at the lowest levels. Often they have only the most basic of business instincts -- including imitation. In one of the quirks of assimilation, many Cambodians in Southern California have gone into the doughnut business, following the lead of a countryman whose success at the trade was widely publicized; some 500 doughnut shops in Los Angeles County are owned or operated by Cambodians...
Judge Arthur Sherman '50 ordered that court records indicate that Robert F. Burns of East Boston and Lawrence R. Countryman '83 of Cambridge admitted only to misdemeanor charges of lewd and lascivious behavior...
Burns, who initially faced felony charges of open and gross lewdness as well as indecent assault and battery, was fined $500 in court costs. Countryman, who was only charged with open and gross lewdness charge, was fined $400 in court costs. Neither man had a previous criminal record, court officials said...
According to court papers, Robert F. Burns of East Boston and Lawrence R. Countryman '83 of Cambridge have not admitted to the lewdness charges. Their cases are scheduled for trial on March 16, court officials said...
...case has arrived at the high court at around the same time a related but different dispute may be heading toward a courtroom in Florida. Until recently, Brenda Taylor was an assistant state attorney in Broward County, Fla. But earlier this year she was reprimanded by her boss, John Countryman, because of the clothes she favored for court appearances. Taylor, 25, has a penchant for short skirts, designer blouses, ornate jewelry and spike heels with colored hosiery. She says she has a flair for fashion. Countryman told her she looked like a "bimbo." In September, after Taylor complained...