Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democratic Convention, "This is one Hart you will not leave in San Francisco." But in politics these days, choosing a suitably telegenic backdrop is often as important as the announcement itself. Hart wanted to keep it simple, making the brief statement from the front porch of his log-and-stone house in the Colorado mountains, 25 miles from Denver. His handlers preferred something more dramatic and expansive, with, of course, more room for reporters and TV crews. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the former Colorado Senator chose the rock, a picturesque stone slab in nearby Red Rocks...
Professor Philip J. Stone III, Chung's faculty advisor for Organizational Studies, says that this young businessman is generally on time and well-prepared for tutorial. But Stone adds, from time to time he comes into class late after meeting with airline representatives in New York. "James has had experience running a company in high school so it isn't really a problem for him," said Stone...
...Stone also doesn't think Chung will have any difficulty in finding the time to write a thesis. "It's okay to simply study Organizational Behavior, but it's better if you have first-hand experience like James," said Stone...
...ABOUT to say that Platoon, Oliver Stone, Marilee Martin, Paul Newman, or Michael Caine didn't individually deserve their statuettes. But taken together, the fact that five sentimental favorites won major awards says something strange about the Oscars. The Academy seems to have given up the ghost of objectivity...
...this tale could not be simpler or, in its way, more disappointingly obvious. It holds that the American male has declined to such a sorry -- if occasionally hilarious -- state of ineptitude that the American female's last best hope for happy mating lies in robotics. Every man that Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) and her friends and family encounter is in one way or another so insecure and self-absorbed as to be incapable of sustaining a decent relationship with a woman. It is only when Frankie, a public relations expert, takes an assignment for a manufacturer of high-tech doodads...