Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel happy, great," said sophomore Paige S. Cox, adding that the activists regarded the decision as a success. "If even one of us had gotten suspended it would have been a loss. We were in it together," she said...
...passing the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Congress sought to avoid a replay of 1973's Saturday Night Massacre, in which President Nixon had Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox fired. The act calls for the prosecutor to be appointed by a panel of three federal judges and not to be subject to presidential approval. But some legal observers argue that the provision has usurped powers that properly reside in the Executive Branch. "The special counsel is a distortion of the Constitution," says Washington Lawyer Ray Randolph. Philip Lacovara, counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor, agrees, partly because the position...
...Cox was renowned for his studies confirming plate tec tonic theories of sea floor spreading and continental drift. His work showed that the earth's magnetic field had reversed. He received the highest honor for achievement in the earth sciences, the Vetlesen Prize...
...dean was under investigation for allegedly molesting the 14-year-old son of a doctoral degree candidate who studied with him. The candidate has claimed that Cox continued his sexual involvement with his son, who is now 19, The San Francisco Chronicle reported...
...speed at which Cox was bicycling, the apparent lack of any other vehicle's interference with his travel, the angle at which Cox's head hit the tree, and the dean's not wearing a helmet, as was his custom, are among the pieces of evidence that point to suicide, detectives said. CORNELL...