Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is another way to recover when the criminal has no money: sue a third party whose carelessness allowed the crime to occur. Last fall a Denver secretary who was sexually assaulted in her apartment won a total of $350,000 from both her attacker and the developer of the building complex. The assailant was an employee who obtained a master key through the developer's negligence. Says Virginia Lawyer Frank Carrington, a member of the President's task force: "Third party is where...
...sponsor a "Battle of the Bands" competition. Rather than attempting to audition bands, listen to tapes, or at least give band members a chance to lobby for their own bands, they made secretive and arbitrary choices. They simply picked five bands that they had heard of. Did it ever occur to these student council members that there are many more than five bands on campus that they did not bother to consider? Can they honestly tell us that these are the five premier bands on campus when they have not heard a note of music from any other bands...
...doesn't come into the movie until the plot has been underway for quite some time, Black's Joann breaks the trance-like spell that pervades the reunion; she forces cruel reality to enter into the plot as her character causes the later revelations of Cissy and Mona to occur. The information she reveals undermines everyone's position and tests the fervor of their characters...
...investment in applied research and development, and commonly in the equipment and physical plant required by new products or methods of production. A profitmaking enterprise will undertake such an investment, and all its associated risks, only when it can reasonably expect an adequate return, a return not likely to occur if competitors are first to the marketplace. The opportunity for private profit provides the encouragement for the socially beneficial application of new technology. To realize profits from technological innovation, however, a company must strive to protect its proprietary knowledge and to prevent its exploitation by commercial competitors...
...screen a new, more realistic depiction of family life with Kramer vs. Kramer, has now done the same for the mystery thriller genre. In Still of the Night, Benton expands on the Hitchcock tradition of studying the human mind as the true key to how and why crimes occur. Benton emphasizes character, not gore, the murder that precipitates the action is less the focus of the film than a device for exploring the inner lives of the characters involved...