Word: lynched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since promotion is usually based on performance, the refusal of some whites to do business with black executives can be a source of frustration. David Grigsby is a broker at Merrill Lynch in Manhattan. When he prospects for clients over the phone, he does not always mention that he's black. That led to a surprise for at least one investor, who showed up to meet his adviser in person. He was "visibly shaken," Grigsby recalls. Not long afterward, the client asked for another broker. "It didn't take an Einstein to figure out what that meant," says Grigsby. Then...
Kerry Perkins, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, prosecutor Adrienne Lynch said...
Judge John P. Sullivan set bail for Perkins at $100,000 bond or $10,000 cash, Lynch said. Perkins is due back in court March 9, the clerk said...
...unusual practice, all of yesterday's proceedings took place at the judge's bar or in his chambers. The procedures were requested by defense attorney Milly A. Whatley because the victim's identification of the suspect is expected to be an important issue in the case, Lynch said...
...roommate planned to get to Harvard Hall and join our upstairsneighbor who had been there since 5 a.m. and was the first person on line. Little did she know that a lynch mob of huge water polo players would foil her plan...