Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Wednesday a painter spotted a struggle while working on a neatly kept house in Tampa's working-class Orient Park suburb. Inside, a naked man appeared to be throttling a naked woman. The witness called 911, and when a police officer arrived at the door, he was met by an apparition. Lawrence Singleton, says a neighbor, "came out of the house staggering. His shirt was unbuttoned, and he had blood all over his chest." Apparently drunk, he announced that he had cut himself chopping vegetables. But when he moved casually to answer a ringing phone...
...civil suit, but he had no funds.) When Singleton moved in 1988 to his native Florida, the reception was equally hostile. A Tampa car dealer offered him $5,000 to get out of the state, and a firebomb exploded on his lawn. He had more luck later in Orient Park, where he moved into a house owned by his family. Some neighbors were ignorant of his past. Others felt sure Singleton had put it behind him. He proffered small gifts and helped out with tasks. "He was the kind of person who, when his cat walked on my car, would...
...people [fraternities] are a big part of their social lives," says Samuel Park, a junior at Stanford. "The frat parties are very open and not really exclusive...
...really funny, because [Stanford] encourages diversity a lot, and all of these groups have their own events, which only keeps people apart more," Park says...
...find it hard to believe that his love of the Los Angeles Dodgers is because of their signing of Chan Ho Park and Hideo Nomo. His devotion to the team seems tied not to the players or even the city, but the organization...