Word: culprit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late 1987, not long after Myerson emerged as the firm's key partner, Finley collapsed into bankruptcy amid power clashes, soaring salaries and strangling debt. In his vengeful 1990 book, Conduct Unbecoming, former partner Steven Kumble tags Myerson as the main culprit in the breakup, partly because he squandered money. "Harvey is a compulsive spender, and to some degree he can't control it," explains Kumble. Myerson was equally obsessed with his looks. "Harvey had a series of toupees, of different lengths, that looked like old Knute Rockne football helmets," Kumble recalls. "He'd keep changing them and then...
Outrage over the case has been intensified by the fact that the alleged culprit has not been arrested, reportedly because the only evidence police have is the word of the victim. Ironically, it was in an effort to help the police gain more evidence that the girl's parents put themselves at odds with the state. After arranging to travel to London for an abortion, the parents asked police whether a tissue sample from the fetus could be used as a "genetic fingerprint" that would positively identify the rapist. The inquiry made its way to Attorney General Harry Whelehan...
...tested positive for steroids and was sent home in disgrace. Ye was banned for 15 months and vilified in the Chinese press for bringing disgrace on her family and country. Aggrieved, Ye tried to point out that it was not she but the team doctor who was the culprit. "I hate him very much," she said. The hate turned to vindication when team officials admitted that it was he, not she, who was responsible...
...result, some researchers are focusing their attention on the culprit molecules rather than the victims. Atmospheric scientists Richard Turco of UCLA and Ralph Cicerone of U.C. Irvine are exploring the idea of injecting into the stratosphere two chemicals -- propane and ethane -- that would combine with CFCs to produce an extremely weak, and therefore environmentally safe, solution of hydrochloric acid. That strategy would interrupt the CFCs' 100-year destruction cycle, and has the further advantage of requiring only 1,000 jumbo-jet flights over a single, critical 30-day period every year for the next several decades. The products involved...
...sure we'll ever find the culprit," she said. "Anyone who could gain access to the house could have vandalized the door...