Word: wayward
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...However, several proctors and former assistant deans say that Nathans is so focused on punishing students for wayward behavior that she doesn't reach out to them enough when they may be having a difficult time...
...given his story and his characters happy endings. We would like to do the same here, and so we return to the real Pennie Lane. "I'm putting it together now," she says. "It's gonna be a retirement home called the Raisin Ranch for aging rock stars and wayward groupies. We're all gonna be deaf because we didn't wear earplugs. So where are we gonna go? I'm on it." She needn't worry. Thanks to Almost Famous, Lane--and the music she loved--will live forever in their prime...
...Lenzner, 61, has assembled a client list that ranges from Mike Tyson to Ivana Trump, plus such corporations as Drexel Burnham Lambert, the lottery operator Gtech and AOL. The lawyer and former civil servant has dished dirt on tobacco whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand and the United Way's wayward William Aramony. In the early '90s, Lenzner even investigated the Paula Jones case for the Clinton camp, sealing his reputation as an official FOB, or Friend of Bill...
...punishing and rehabilitating convicted criminals, the juvenile system was established with the sole goal of rehabilitation. And it's no secret that incarceration - particularly in the adult prison system - is less likely to be rehabilitative than alternative punishments, such as drug treatment and group therapy. This study suggests that wayward minority youths, particularly African-Americans, are given less of a chance at rehabilitation than similarly situated whites...
...tracks like the powerful "Tomorrow," "Hairdresser On Fire" and "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" were nicely contrasted by songs representing his mellower side, such as "I Am Hated For Loving," "Now My Heart Is Full" and "I Can Have Both." He even played five songs from his wayward Smiths days, including the blistering red-light burn of "Meat Is Murder" and the soft melancholy of "Half A Person." In fact, the highlight of the night was the show-stopping finale of "Shoplifters Of The World Unite," which nearly brought the roof down with its frenzied crazes of energy...