Word: wakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outdated as the 70-year-old scandal that prompted it. In 1919 eight members of the Chicago White Sox were charged with taking money from gamblers to throw the World Series against, yes, the Cincinnati Reds. The rules that Rose is accused of breaking were written in the wake of that scandal. Said a typical telephone caller to a Cincinnati radio talk show last week: "It's not like he's a criminal or anything...
...immediate wake of the Webster ruling it appears that pro-choice activists will marshall support for an active campaign to stop this backslide and prevent the anti-choice forces from gaining any further political strength. However, given that this issue will be up in the air for at least another year, it is uncertain whether that activism will be maintained at the level of intensity which it must be to make a real difference...
...took the reigns of power from former President Nathan M. Pusey '28 in the wake of nearly riotous student protests which brought the University to a stand-still in the late 1960s...
Many companies have taken heed of the grass-roots protests. The mishandling of the Exxon Valdez accident prompted the oil industry to announce last week the creation of a $250 million plan to prevent and clean up future spills. In the wake of Washington's defense-procurement scandals, Boeing beefed up its ethics committee. "It's a no-nonsense program," says committee head Malcolm Stamper, an aerospace veteran. "There's no winking. If we find out that a program official is obtaining marketing information improperly...
...equivalent of arresting Dwight Eisenhower in the wake of the Normandy invasion. Last week Cuba announced that Army General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, a hero of the revolution and former top commander of Cuban forces in Ethiopia and Angola, had been arrested for drug trafficking and corruption. Ochoa, said the Communist Party paper Granma, had "reached agreements" with drug smugglers "near our territory." In addition, six other military officers were similarly arrested...