Word: jere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some researchers raise serious doubts about the methodology of guerrilla drug tests. Project Inform is strongly criticized for bypassing an initial phase to establish Compound Q's safety before proceeding to larger, therapeutic dosages and for not having the trials reviewed by an external monitoring group. Says Jere Goyan, dean of the University of California at San Francisco School of Pharmacy and a former FDA commissioner: "If you get people taking these drugs willy-nilly around the country, you'll lose valuable information, and it will be at the expense of future patients...
...surely restocks it with human-scale humor. Judd Hirsch stars as a divorced schoolteacher gingerly exploring the single life. On his first visit to a singles group, he meets a sly assemblage of oddballs, including a group leader fixated on sex and a hilariously sleazy skirt chaser (Jere Burns doing Dan Aykroyd's E. Buzz Miller). Executive producer Ed. Weinberger (Mary Tyler Moore) and Director James Burrows (Taxi) are masters at milking a gag till it comes out grade A, and Hirsch's deadpan timing has never been more acute...
...ripe for takeover. A roster of raiders were said to be eyeing the company that operates the ubiquitous 7-Eleven chain of 7,700 convenience stores and owns 50% of Citgo Petroleum. Last week the family that holds a 10% interest in Southland made a deft maneuver. John, Jere and Jodie Thompson, whose father Joe founded the firm in 1927, offered to buy the rest of the company for $3.8 billion, or $77 a share, and take it private. Just seven weeks ago, Southland stock traded at $48. But investors may reap yet bigger rewards. Southland stock closed the week...
...army adjutant told the court that he saw Jeremie kill an eight-year-old boy by striking him in the temple with the butt of his pistol. Choking back tears, the defendant protested: "I couldn't hurt a child. They call me 'Papa Jere' in Leogane." Another witness stripped off his shirt in court to exhibit six bullet wounds he suffered in the demonstration. "Jeremie says he is everybody's father," he snapped. "When did you hear of a father shooting his son? He shot...
...Last week Southland Corp., owner of the convenience chain, announced that it would no longer carry Playboy, Penthouse and Forum magazines, the three adult publications that now appear in its 4,500 7-Eleven stores. Southland additionally urged its 3,600 franchisees to follow suit. Southland President Jere Thompson said the action was in response to recent hearings conducted by the federal Commission on Pornography. Said Thompson: "The testimony indicates a growing public awareness of a possible connection between adult magazines and crime, violence and child abuse...