Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about many of the young criminals is that they show no remorse or conscience, at least initially. Youths brag about their exploits and shrug off victims' pain. A Chicago case in which four teenagers raped and killed a medical student was solved because of good police work and what Pat O'Brien, Cook County deputy state's attorney, describes as "the defendants' inability to keep their mouths shut" about the crime. "It was a badge," he explains. "It was something they talked about as if it gave them status within that group of guys." Youngsters offhandedly refer to innocent passersby...
February 9: The men's basketball team moves into first place with a 82-76 win over Brown, keyed by Pat Smith's 6-for-6 shooting from the field...
Answers to this means of inquisition are usually trite and pat, such as horror stories on state college campuses about pledgees who are forced to drink themselves to death, or who fall out of franternity-house second-story windows. The administration then concludes that it will not support putting its students at such risks, and Greek organizations are thus denied recognition...
...Secretary comes across as a man with no clear-cut agenda who prefers speechmaking to policymaking. "Cavazos hit the ground strolling," says Democratic Congressman Pat Williams of Montana, chairman of the House post- secondary education subcommittee. "He believes the job can get done with Rose Garden ceremonies." An example came earlier this month when Cavazos unveiled a report showing that the performance of U.S. students remained "stagnant." The Secretary said the lack of progress "scared" him, but all he proposed to do was urge Governors and school board presidents to push for higher graduation rates. "He keeps telling us that...
...administration concerns us little. Considering that this is an institution that barred admission to Blacks for hundreds of years, has shown only a cosmetic interest in community service and demonstrates a constant lack of concern for the Black community both here and beyond the confines of Johnston Gate, a pat on the back from the administration may be the last thing we need. The Members of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity...