Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from 24 to 71, living in a ten-block radius. One of his victims, Sandra Trine, 37, died when she choked on her own vomit during the rape. On Aug. 11, after pleading guilty to 13 counts of rape and one of first-degree murder, he was given a stiff sentence of 142 years. "I was a victim," says Young, who spoke publicly against Johns at his sentencing. "There was nothing that I could have done that would have changed that...
Bennett's proposal hit a gusher. More than 2,300 teachers from 41 states applied for 225 places in the program. Since nine teachers were rejected for every one accepted, the competition was about as stiff as winning a place in the freshman class at Harvard or Brown. The university professors who taught the seminars made the final selections. "We had about 40 applicants who were on the same level academically as the 15 we picked," says Karl Galinsky, chairman of the classics department at the University of Texas in Austin; he sought the aid of a local high...
...designed to give the Justice Department more power to use the federal court system to fight individual cases of discrimination. The legislation aims to increase the number of cases settled through conciliation and the number filed by the Government against brokers, landlords and rental agents. It would also set stiff new fines, up to $50,000 for first-time offenders. Reagan's bill will compete in Congress with an existing fair-housing bill supported by most civil rights groups...
...Andropov said, "It was my deepest wish to see you yesterday. Unfortunately, it was not possible. I was sick." An eyewitness said the Soviet leader's face looked healthy and that his eyes, behind tinted glasses, were clear and alert. Andropov's left hand appeared numb and stiff, however, and his right hand shook visibly when he made an apologetic gesture. Kohl, who carried two 19th century framed prints of Moscow and St. Petersburg as gifts to the Soviet leader, replied: "In politics there are always obstacles. I fully understand." Chuckling, Andropov observed that "we already have agreement...
...half years ago, the 325 employees who manufactured paper egg cartons at a Diamond International plant in Palmer, Mass., faced a cloudy future. Styrofoam containers were creating stiff competition, the recession was biting into profits, and with the American economy worsening, workers were suffering a bad case of unemployment jitters. Recalls Daniel Boyle, personnel director of the Diamond plant: "Relations between labor and management were strained at best...