Word: welsh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really a slap in the face when they get easy transition goals," Welsh said...
Pinkerton's was involved in litigation in the 1980s that drove home the need for industry standards. A Pinkerton's guard at Welsh Manufacturing, a former division of Textron in Rhode Island, admitted he took the job specifically to arrange the theft of gold he was supposed to be protecting. As a result, Welsh won punitive damages. The case, which led to an appellate decision in 1984, exposed Pinkerton's inadequate screening and supervision of its employee. Management never bothered to contact any of the three character references the guard provided. And while Pinkerton's contacted his former employers...
Already the contretemps are causing some groups to rethink their relationship with scouting. In Hinsdale, Ill., where Mark Welsh, 8, was barred from Cub Scouts because he is an agnostic, the local school system has temporarily halted the distribution of recruitment flyers. In Miami, where Margo Mankes, 8, was expelled by the regional council of Cub Scouts because she is a girl, her home troop has kept her on as an unofficial member...
...even clearer affirmation of the group's appeal is that its court adversaries want to join in, not shut it down. Mark Welsh persisted in suing despite his father Elliott's cautions because, he says, "there's things I want to do in Cub Scouts -- build bonfires, go camping, pool parties." His 15-month-old case went to trial last week, and Mark gained a psychic merit badge in media mania. Testifying was "scary," he said. "I mostly learned about news cameras...
...silliest pretense is that the Boy Scouts do not now number many present or future atheists and homosexuals among their members. Curran was gay and a scout. Elliott Welsh evolved agnostic views shortly after leaving the scouts. Their participation in scouting did not keep them from choosing their lives and values, nor did their participation destroy scouting. What is most troubling in the Boy Scouts' new emphasis on privacy is the hint that the group serves as a retreat for parents who dislike the diverse and tolerant world of today. But that is the world their children will grow...