Word: william
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...male inmates, have become commonplace as the female prison population has nearly tripled since 1985, to 138,000. But there has been only sporadic press coverage of the issue and next to no public outcry. "The victims of these offenses are female and usually nonwhite and poor," laments William Shulz, executive director of AIUSA. "In this country, that makes them invisible...
...monster seems to be biting the reputation of Ford's new chairman, William Clay Ford Jr., great-grandson of the founder, who has promised to lead the auto industry into a pollution-free future. But Ford executives know that big, gas-thirsty vehicles are where the consumers and the cash meet. For years, General Motors has raked in oversize profits with the Chevrolet Suburban, long the standard-bearer among land yachts. Analysts say the spacious Suburban holds $10,000 to $15,000 in profit per vehicle. When the Excursion roars into showrooms this fall with a projected sticker price...
There are any number of Americans who would make an exception for John William King, the feral white man who chained a black man, James Byrd Jr., to a pickup truck last year and dragged him along a rough country road that skinned him alive and dismembered him. To object to putting King to death for the deed requires a saintliness I do not possess. In one sense, King's case is almost a moral free ride. My conscience would remain untroubled by some other death sentences, but John William King's execution will seem especially just and fitting...
...asks Texas jury to spare life of racist killer John William King...
...assaults in Vietnam. The notion of recruiting such folks to the military came to him after watching Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, in which a Stateside Army officer lacks an arm. The California Republican says he plans to discuss the idea in a scheduled meeting with Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN...