Word: lefting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whether to convict Steinberg of murder or manslaughter hinged upon fine distinctions of intent and responsibility. The murder charge would have required the jury to find Steinberg guilty of "depraved indifference to human life." There certainly seemed to be evidence of that. After being pounded into unconsciousness, Lisa was left lying on a bathroom floor in the couple's Greenwich Village apartment for some twelve hours when Steinberg went out to dinner. Nussbaum testified that after his return, when she told him the girl could not be revived, he insisted they free-base cocaine before calling for help...
...feminist Gloria Steinem argues that Steinberg's mistreatment left Nussbaum too traumatized to act. "As an extreme victim, she forces us to do one of two things," says Steinem. "Reject and blame her, or think we could be her. It's hard to think we could be her -- so we'd rather blame...
...balance, Baker did more for Bush than any White House staffer has ever done for a Vice President -- but that was not necessarily enough. Shortly before Baker left the White House for the Treasury Department in 1985, he made certain that Bush was present at the crucial 9 a.m. meetings with Reagan. When Donald Regan replaced Baker, he figured that Bush's presence came with the territory. "Nobody suggested that to Baker," says a White House aide. "He just did it for his friend. But believe me, as soon as it started, George's first reaction was to wonder...
...math five years ago. Carlyle, 39, has no regrets. "Getting these kids through high school is much more satisfying than working behind a desk," he says. That kind of gratification translates into high job-retention rates. In the past school year, only 4% of midcareer teachers in New Jersey left the classroom after one year on the job, compared with almost 16% of teachers with traditional training...
...system, but most enter at the elementary or high school level. For some, the long hours, the strains of work and the drop in pay and prestige can be sobering. "If you tell somebody you are a chemical engineer for Exxon, that's great," says Nancy Pfeil, 29, who left such a job in 1985 to teach high school calculus. "But if you say you are a high school teacher, they just...