Word: suspected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Suspect in the Jordan ambush
...drifter and former member of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party, he was known for his strong aversion to interracial couples. He was sentenced to life in prison for the August 1980 murders of two black joggers in Salt Lake City. Police also considered him the prime suspect in another shooting that year. Last week Joseph Paul Franklin, 32, was formally charged with the May 1980 ambush of Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan in Fort Wayne...
...this is that those of tomorrow's graduates who are dissatisfied, to whatever extent, with their time here do not know whether extent, with their time here do not know whether to blame themselves for making bad decisions or the University for letting them do so. I suspect that while most would fault Harvard publicly, they secretly perceive themselves as having taller short of the mark. This is the logical result of having made a lot of decisions by oneself...
...some cases, tiny details render grandiose plans suspect. In California, the regional headquarters of FEMA is located just a jiggle away from the San Andreas Fault. In western Missouri, the strategy currently calls for people to pass missile sites that make the area a prime target for nuclear attack. In Arizona, FEMA'S program offers elaborate details for moving 70,000 residents of Phoenix 78 miles north to Prescott, a town of 20,000. Officials have not figured out how Prescott, which barely survives the annual deluge of tourists at its July 4 Frontier Days festival, will house...
Other pressing issues Bok deals with include universities assisting foreign governments which may be repressive in character, university investments in South Africa, university boycotts of companies with suspect business customs, university acceptance of gifts from donors who made their money through exploitative means, the university's responsibility to teach ethics, and the university's obligations to the local community. These are all complex matters and this review cannot do justice to them. Bok attacks them directly, using a balanced, legalistic style of argumentation which considers conflicting positions and then renders a verdict in judicious fashion...