Word: stanton
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...Pankhurst's father was a Manchester manufacturer with radical sympathies. When she was small, she was consuming Uncle Tom's Cabin, John Bunyan and abolitionist materials; her earliest memories included hearing Elizabeth Cady Stanton speak. Her father was keen on amateur theatricals in the home; his daughter later enthralled the suffragists with her oratory and her voice. The young Rebecca West described hearing Mrs. Pankhurst in full cry: "Trembling like a reed, she lifted up her hoarse, sweet voice on the platform, but the reed was of steel and it was tremendous...
...Sept. 25, 1996, Riley gave the job to Jack Stanton, a highly respected HUPD watch commander...
Several lieutenants charged that they had been passed over for the position because of personality conflicts with Riley. They further charged that Stanton was unqualified and noted that he did not hold the recommended college degree...
...Stanton's] experience was an over-whelming factor putting him in for that position," Riley said. He said the degree provision was only a "preference...
Orchard Bar, 200 Orchard St., between Houston and Stanton Streets (673-5350): The desolate, gray-tinged terraria lining the walls set the tone: the crowd here shows about as much energy as a bunch of sunning reptiles...