Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former student of one of the most talented and inspiring professors at Harvard College, I was appalled to see such a fuss made over Professor James Q. Wilson's radar detector-a device which is not only legal in Massachusetts, but frequently used as well. A quick walk through any of the student parking lots in fact demonstrates that few undergraduates see anything wrong with owning such instruments...
...past several years, scholars have detected numerous cracks in the court's definition of the "wall" between church and state. To be sure, the Justices are quick to strike down laws that they see as advancing or favoring religion. Four years ago, in Stone vs. Graham, the court declared that Kentucky could not post the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But the court has upheld laws that are aimed at secular goals like promoting education and that advance religion only as a side effect. Thus, it permitted Minnesota to allow tax deductions for private school tuition, even though most private...
Perhaps more remarkable than the quick sale was the fact that Barrack had effectively contributed $70,000 of his own money to the deal. The listed purchasers were Santa Ynez Contractor Irv Howard, who made a down payment of $70,000, and the Great American Federal Savings Bank in San Diego, which had, at Barrack's behest, arranged a $240,000 mortgage for Howard at a favorable 11% interest rate. (Great American had already lent $423,000 to Meese at the time.) But last week Barrack testified that he had actually lent $70,000 to Ted Elkin, a former...
Murphy, a 6-11 senior forward, connected on 12 of 16 shots from the field, mostly from the outside. Adams, a 5-11 junior guard, sparked the offense with lightning quick passes and 6 steals...
...automotive Breaking Away. No such luck, Director Jonathan Kaplan gets us in the car, but the ride is always too short. We feel a bit like the little kid who puts his only shiny quarter in the plastic horsey, expecting an exhilarating ride but only receiving a few quick, neck-snapping bobs...