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Word: persons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Roxbury citizens demanded the same sort of concrete action they had witnessed in response to the Brighton rapes. Instead they received vague promises and condescending treatment from the city. Police explained the differences in treatment in terms of the differences between the cases: in Brighton they suspected that one person per-petrated all the crimes, and in Roxbury, perhaps three or even four different suspects were being sought. Therefore, the police said, they didn't feel that stepped up police protection was necessarily the solution to the Roxbury problem. Though the logic of using fewer police to catch more criminals...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: As Different as Night and Day | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

Andrus told an audience of about 125 people at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the life of a nation is similar to the life of a person. "In our youth we can be wasteful, but we have to correct our mistakes before it's too late," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Andrus Calls Government Resource Policy Wasteful | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

...insult to injury to more insult, the extracurricular activities that the Third World people engage in slip your narrow-minded Western perspective as being the most 'barbaric' things that a person would do in Western civilization. You then go on to make a farce out of the hundreds of years of blatant discrimination suffered by the people of the Third World by placing us on the same level as, and thus equating us with freaks and outcasts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Sleaziness | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

...papers imparted a slight sense of awe to the entire class. But something turned around after those first few weeks, something I would have to attribute to Diana Thomson's warmth and encouragement as a friend as well as a teacher. My papers started to reflect me as a person and as a writer and I sensed a great deal more feeling and confidence with what I was doing in fiction. I gained more and more control as I went through the term, while continually receiving constructive criticism from Mrs. Thomson concerning my ideas and my writing skills. I know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marius's Fiction | 3/16/1979 | See Source »

...endanger the life of anyone. In fact, on my many outdoor trips with Mr. Yates I have been extremely impressed with his concern for the safety of the trip members and the preservation of the environment. He is, however, a very individualistic and independent person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Criminal Climbs | 3/14/1979 | See Source »

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