Word: delbert
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...black youths more likely to commit crimes than whites? A glance at the nation's prison population would suggest that the answer is yes. But a surprising new federally funded study says not necessarily. In 1976 University of Colorado Sociologist Delbert Elliott began to follow a nationwide cross section of 1,700 young people, ages 11 to 17 at the time. Periodically they reported to him, in confidence, any episodes of their own criminal or delinquent behavior, whether or not they were caught. The finding after ten years: those who were white reported nearly as many crimes as blacks...
...heart of the current dispute is Apple's charge that Microsoft, with a program called Windows 2.03, and Hewlett-Packard, with NewWave, took imitation beyond the point of flattery to copyright infringement. "The computer industry was created through the innovation of individuals," said Apple Chief Operating Officer Delbert Yocam. "It is critically important to the entire industry that innovation be protected from illegal copiers with the full force...
...uncle, Delbert Eagle, 86, of Lancaster, Ky., said Higgins' lifelong ambition was to be in the military...
...Olguin, manager of New Mexico's Bernalillo County and a daily viewer of religious TV, contributes upwards of $10,000 a year to televangelists. He is irritated by all the criticism of the Bakkers. "These people have done a lot of good in their lives," he says. I. Delbert Rose, an Idaho freight salesman, is not bothered by the lavish life-style that the Robertses and the Bakkers are said to enjoy. To him, "their rewards should be great, because they've done great things for the Lord...
...series of GOP amendments to sharply alter the plan were defeated, Rep. Delbert L. Latta of Ohio, the panel's senior Republican, complained, "We were getting rolled all day" by the Democratic majority...