Word: vented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While experts try to piece together what happened aboard the U. S. S. Vincennes, the Iranians vent their anger and the U. S. wrestles with the issue of collective guilt. -- Tarnished but unindicted, Attorney General Meese finally bows out. -- How will Michael Dukakis, the consummate straight arrow, act on the world stage? -- Dukakis casts a wide net in search of a running mate...
Inmates say the PBH program gives them a chance to vent their frustration. Since they live in an atmosphere that seems to deny them any moral or emotional support, a visit from an interested outsider can offer prisoners tremendous hope. "Harvard tutors are the best thing that ever happened to Deer Island," says inmate Mark. S. Samms. "People are concerned...
Joyce Brown, a 40-year-old former stenographer, has lived for the past year on a Manhattan sidewalk. Crouched over a hot-air vent, she fended off winter sleet. Panhandling, she dined for $7 a day on juice, a quart of milk, a pint of ice cream and a chicken cutlet from the corner delicatessen. She relieved herself in the gutter, huddled beneath a tattered coat. Crazy or not, Brown claims to know what she wants. "Some people are street people," she says. "That's the life they choose to lead...
...Madison Brewer III, who had previously been fired as the company's general counsel. The whole dispute arose, said Hamilton, from Brewer's desire for revenge. Bason agreed, ruling that Brewer had an "intense and abiding hatred" for Inslaw and had used his position at the Justice Department to "vent his spleen." The judge faulted other Justice officials for not investigating Brewer's actions. As for the appropriation of the Inslaw software, the judge likened Justice to a customer who asks an auto dealer for a test drive and speeds off with...
...decades after the first stirrings of the sexual revolution and women' s lib, the battle of the sexes rages on. In the latest of her provocative surveys on sex and love, Shere Hite depicts a new revolution at hand as women vent their frustration with modern relationships. Are women fed up? Or are things actually improving for both sexes, as Hite' s many critics attest? See SEXES...