Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What "they" did to him began, he says, when he was a boy, the product of a broken home in New York City's Harlem. By nine, he was a chronic and violent troublemaker. When he was given mental tests, he threatened to set fire to the hospital ward and kill a doctor. The tests showed that Bosket was suffering from a severe antisocial personality disorder. His helpless mother had him sent to a reform school, where he began to emulate his father...
They all laughed, but I remember panicking. I wondered, "What if I am with the wrong family?" Fearing for my life, I plotted my escape, waiting until they gave me the signal that they were about to turn on me. They've certainly given me reasons to be suspicious...
...addition, boards of directors would be given explicit permission to consider the interests of employees, customers and communities in deciding whether to reject a takeover offer. That would help insulate directors from lawsuits by shareholders who favor selling out quickly for the highest price...
...Given the pending Supreme Court ruling that might allow state legislatures to increase restrictions on abortion access, this is a terrific precedent," said Pam Nourse, the group's executive director...
...Craig A. Cochrane '91 were ordered off a University Shuttle bus and searched by police officers seeking a suspect in a nearby shoplifting. The students filed a complaint over their treatment after they learned that the police were looking for a tall white male and were twice given a description that does not match either student before removing the two from the vehicle...