Word: various
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walk both began and ended on the Boston Common. A large tent and various staffed tables for check-in, first aid, foot massages and T-shirt and sweatshirt sales greeted the walkers with applause as they returned from the 10-kilometer course around Boston...
...Goodwin then worked as counsel for a House committee investigating fixed TV quiz shows. Goodwin's next move, becoming a speechwriter for the 1960 Kennedy presidential campaign, brought him into the equally scandalous world of politics and power. From 1961 to 1965, Goodwin served Presidents Kennedy and Johnson in various roles from assistant to speechwriter, contributing most notably to the creation of the Alliance for Progress and the Great Society. After breaking with Johnson, Goodwin left government but kept his association with politics through the presidential campaigns of Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy...
...situation, knowledge of the defendant's background is essential to the realization of justice. Even in cases less serious than manslaughter, such as simple robbery, identity is crucial. While a person's innocence or guilt should be decided without reference to personal history, the punishment should take into account various factors in the person's past, such as whether this was the first or tenth offense or, in the case of manslaughter, whether or not the person has had a history of violence...
...three are pursuing a common path to their various aspirations. They are going to college, whether returning or enrolling for the first time. And although they may be older than some of their professors, that hardly makes them stand out in class. According to the College Board, more than 6 million students -- 45% of those enrolled in American college programs -- are 25 or older. The number of such students jumped 79% between 1969 and 1984. Within a decade, this new group of learners, 60% of whom are women and 70% of whom work full time, will make up a majority...
...Various disciplines have been taken over by a belief that there's no rational way to solve problems," Mansfield said. "It's a dogmatic moral relativism that we're against...