Word: stormfully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today Wright is undoubtedly the most controversial judge in New York, and the continuing storm over many of his decisions has catapulted him into a national prominence unique for a municipal judge. The furor centers on the issue of bail. Wright contends that the present system of administering bail in American courts is unjust to the poor, specifically to blacks and other minority groups. He has made himself a one man force for bail reform, by invariably setting low bail for defendants of limited financial means who are arraigned before him. In a few widely publicized cases, such defendants have...
...hardly seems hospitable to life. Its atmosphere is apparently ravaged, not only by great bolts of lightning but also by winds with velocities of more than 300 m.p.h. In fact, Jupiter's great red spot, long a puzzle to astronomers, could be the vortex of a violent Jovian storm...
...among the undergraduate population, while a topic of concern for many alumni--especially those with sons nearing college age--does not appear to have created a furor, Schuyler Hollingsworth '40, the new assistant secretary to the Corporation, says. "So far the discussion of sex ratios haven't caused the storm that the events of 1969 caused. As director of the Harvard College Fund in 1969, I spent an inordinate amount of time answering complaint letters. I never have gotten more than one or two letters about ratios," Hollingsworth says...
Leonard released his report after some of its recommendations had been leaked and the storm of protest was already underway. Leonard did his best to weather the storm, and he hopes the worst is over. But DuBois has been an issue at Harvard since 1969, and it's doubtful that Leonard and Bok will have the clear sailing they'd like while preparing to get the institute off to its belated start...
...that not much has changed since last year's crisis. Harvard is still only in the planning stages of its Purchase Option Plan, the Bok aides who rented University houses still rent them, and a possible conflict of interest is still something that cannot be ignored. But the only storm that has enveloped Russell Hill's office blew in when confused tenants thought "purchase option" meant they were going to be evicted. Not much has changed since last year's hurricane, except the weather...