Word: railroaded
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...SURPRISING thing about Natty Gann is that despite its simplicity and predictability, the movie is neither dull nor unsatisfying. The movie moves fast, probably to retain the interest of young children. Jumping from a dog fight to a train ride with hobbos to an escape from railroad policemen, the film gives you little time to pop your bubblegum...
...Dershowitz says that the Law School curriculum is far from a railroad to private law firms: "We are, if anything, skewed away from that. We educate our students very well for a wide variety of options--human rights and civil liberties included...
...mantains his post as a lecturer at the School of Education, came to Harvard via a circuitous route that began in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. After dropping out of school at age 15, he worked on a farm, fought in World War II, and labored at a railroad yard. He went on to study sociology at Boston University and Harvard...
...going south," says Rogers, "and was at my restaurant, you could go down Bow Street, across Depot, across Oak, across West, go through the municipal parking lot, and that would put you out just before the railroad overpass on Route 1, and you'd be clear...
...both the Democrats and Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee have been reluctant to join the tax-reform crusade. Under pressure from a horde of special-interest groups that oppose many provisions of the bill, the committee members felt that Reagan and Rostenkowski were trying to railroad them into hasty action. But Rostenkowski finally got things moving last week by agreeing not to curb deductions for state and local taxes. Reagan had wanted to eliminate the deductions completely, and Rostenkowski had favored strict limits on them. These proposals provoked vehement opposition from high-tax states, including California, with...