Word: spate
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...recent spate of conflict at the Law Schoolis attributable both to the fact that traditionalinstitutions tend to be slow to change, and to thenature of the legal tradition, which operateslargely on precedent, according to Fisher. Hepoints to the "tension between stability andchange" as the decisive factor in facultydisputes, and the concordant faculty response tostudent demands...
...walls of privacy continue to be bulldozed by television. Video cameras are nosing their way into courtrooms and police patrol cars. The victims of child abuse and incest disclose their darkest secrets to Oprah, Phil and Geraldo. Now a spate of game shows -- half a dozen currently on the air, with several more in the works -- are eavesdropping on the few private areas left for ordinary people: love, romance and -- in leering if not explicit terms...
...fewer Israelis (117) have been killed by Palestinians in that time. But a spate of armed assaults by Arabs last year prompted the army to expand the role of undercover units, which were first deployed against the intifadeh in 1988. Today the sayarot -- their predecessors made the raid on Entebbe in 1976 a synonym for military derring-do -- are conducting 200 or more operations every day in the occupied territories, though many of those sorties have limited objectives, such as gathering intelligence or spotting rock throwers...
Books on the Prince and Princess of Wales have been a quiet cottage industry since the couple married with fanfare and romance in 1981. Last year, their 10th anniversary, saw a spate of them, prettily illustrated and saying roughly the same thing: it may be an odd marriage, but it works for them. What a difference a year can make. Now there are three new biographies of Diana, all claiming the union is dead, a disaster, a sham. And as usual, woe is what sells. Andrew Morton's Diana: Her True Story (Simon & Schuster; $22) tops the best-seller lists...
...Securities and Exchange Commission against investors Martin Revson and Edward Downe Jr. and others accused of making at least $13 million on inside information -- most of the trades by corporate officers are technically legal and carried out with the full knowledge of the SEC. But a recent spate of dubious transactions by corporate higher-ups has investors crying foul. Says Morris Levy, a Long Island, N.Y., securities attorney: "Shareholders are being blindsided by corporate insiders because the SEC is turning a blind eye and letting them run wild with impunity...