Word: inform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parts of South Africa they can terrify township residents simply by holding up boxes of matches. When they are not carrying out spontaneous attacks, they may hold kangaroo "people's courts" that are designed to intimidate the public. In a typical court session, young toughs drag the accused forward, inform him or * her of the charges and then pronounce and execute the sentence. The outcome is never in doubt...
...broadcasting the program in an attempt to inform the more than 10 million expected viewers about the American university system, station officials involved with the project said yesterday...
Cellucci did not inform either the Cambridge Rent Control Board or the Cambridge Historical Commission before the demolition permit was approved for the Putnam Street site...
...building department did not inform and secure the approval of the rent control board before issuing demolition permits, rent-controlled apartments could be demolished and new housing created which would not be subject to the rent control laws, Sullivan said...
...explain to her Mount Holyoke-educated friends what those lines and curves are all about. At one time, a decent knowledge of classical mythology and the Bible was enough to understand what a painter was up to. Today, even an encyclopedic knowledge of contemporary art can fail to inform the art-hungry heiress what her new Abstract Expressionist masterpiece is supposed to express...