Word: directer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Death-row inmates fared no better than drug dealers and racketeers. By a 5- to-4 vote, the Justices held that states do not have to provide free attorneys to such criminals seeking to challenge their convictions after losing their initial direct appeals. Observed law professor Franklin Zimring of the University of California, Berkeley: "The problem of sufficient due process when it comes to the death penalty is insoluble. You either finance the endless relitigation of these cases, or you discriminate against the poor." Two other major capital-punishment decisions are expected this week, along with the anxiously awaited ruling...
When asked earlier this month if she would use her position to try to improve Harvard's poor track record in women faculty hiring, Wilson responded, "the role of Radcliffe in terms of direct hiring decisions does not exist...
True, the Radcliffe presidency is not invested with any direct influence in faculty hiring decisions. And that lack of a defined role was one of Horner's excuses for not using her position in the faculty to visibly support women faculty members...
...entered California State University at Fullerton, Kevin had grown into an athlete's tall, poised body. "I think I like sports because of my father," Costner says. "He never insisted I play with him, which made it even more attractive. He's my ideal of how a father should direct his son." Clearly, Kevin's ball park was a field of dreams with few anguished undertones. "Sports, besides the obvious competitive aspect, is about sharing and being fair," he notes. "And I've always liked to roll in the dirt. When I was little, I wasn't 'it' very often...
...rocketed to $13.4 billion last year, including almost $5 billion of U.S. exports, such as farm goods, aircraft and oil-drilling equipment, and more than $8.5 billion of imports from China, such as clothing, toys and sporting goods. In addition, American corporations poured into China some $3.5 billion of direct investment. Everything from gelatin capsules to computers is churned out in more than 600 joint ventures or wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries (China, Viet Nam, Poland and Hungary are the only Communist countries that permit 100% foreign ownership of businesses operating on their soil...