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...racket apparently grew with astonishing speed. Saccoccia started as a decent enough kid, collecting coins while in high school in Cranston until he dropped out in 1973 to open his coin shop. By 1980, with the price of gold soaring, the boy wonder enjoyed a statewide reputation. "He was fencing ((buying and reselling)) all the stolen gold in the area," recalls a local federal agent. "Kids were busting into houses left and right, stealing precious metals and lining up outside his store." By the time he pleaded guilty in 1985 to tax evasion, Saccoccia was reputedly a key moneymaking "associate...
...colleague who is extremely important to the department and one of the most decent human beings I have known," said Aage B. Sorensen, chair of the sociology department. "I wish that he would recover speedily...
Although the work of Counter's Foundation can be fairly criticized for relying too heavily on feel-good cultural activities, Foundation functions are, at least, well-attended. The Foundation's mandate is narrow, but it seems to do a decent job within that mandate. Hernandez-Gravelle's Office, with a much freer hand, fails to perform its crucial function within the University...
Just like other unions, HUCTW also seeks "decent structural increases" in pay. In other words, as Williams says, "We want some good money...
...Farm Workers won the boycott in 1970, and for the first time in this country's history, grape growers in California (over 95 percent of them) signed contracts with their workers. These first contracts guaranteed safe and decent working conditions for farm workers, secured jobs, ended child labor and banned the use of toxic pesticides like DDT, Dieldren and Aldrin, which threatened the lives of farm workers and consumers...