Word: rids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to prison." Of the more than 300 felons who have graduated from the 15-month-old program, only eight have returned to prison, a rate 35% lower than the normal return rate. Says Elzy Smith, a circuit-court judge who would rather sentence some first-time offenders to RID than grant them probation: "It's the best thing to come down the pike since I've been on the bench...
DISINVESTMENT. Possibly the most sweeping and controversial sanction is the House-passed proposal that would give all American companies 180 days after the bill became law to get rid of all their assets in South Africa. This would involve disposal of what is now left of the $1.35 billion in direct holdings by 281 U.S. companies operating in that country at the end of 1985. American firms have been withdrawing at increasing rates: seven in 1984, 39 in 1985, 15 in just the first five months of this year...
...Burke, who has the insinuating manner of an inside trader, is trying to do the same thing, but merely to advance his sleazy career. Perfectly capable of reminding Ripley and Hicks of "the substantial dollar value" of the space station when they propose blowing it up in order to rid the universe of aliens, he is a wonderfully observed, comical version of the mid-'80s yuppie...
...Audio Publishers Association. Eight firms have signed up. Rundell, a member of the new steering committee, has no doubts about the future. In the firm tones of a cassette recording, she maintains, "The outlook is very positive, very upbeat. We're here to stay. You can't get rid...
...moment, DeVito is better off playing pigs, like the snarling clothier who wants to get rid of his shrewish wife Bette Midler in Ruthless People. But the little man has bigger plans. He has directed episodes of Taxi and Amazing Stories. He and Perlman have founded New Street Productions to generate their own projects, which would surely expand the range of DeVito roles. "He could take on Edward G. Robinson parts, or even romantic leads," Rhea says. "When people get to know him, they'll see he's capable of anything." One thing: people who get to know...