Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials gave strong approval. Commented Phil Caruso, president of New York City's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association: "These are sound decisions, in keeping with what's happening on our streets today. We're talking about teenagers who have reached the age of intellectual maturity, who can distinguish right from wrong and who have committed heinous acts of premeditated, deliberate murder. They should suffer the full consequences." In a nationwide poll conducted for TIME and CNN last week, those responding expressed strong disapproval of the death penalty for the retarded, although a majority supported executing teenagers...
...whether Rose can ever convincingly refute the allegations is almost irrelevant. Charlie Hustle has become a symbol not just of gambling but also of the social toleration of it. Many people declare belligerently that even if all the allegations are true, they cannot see that Rose did anything grievously wrong. Had he bet on the Reds to lose, he would deserve severe punishment. But the Dowd report asserts that so far as anyone can determine, Rose bet on his team only to win -- and, many people ask, What was so terrible about that...
...which makes the Pete Rose story more than a gossipy tale about the downfall of an idol. Whether or not he bet on baseball, the last thing America's growing legion of gamblers needs is an example of an admitted heavy bettor blithely denying he has done anything wrong and actually commanding the sympathy of people who continue to worship him. The lure of excessive gambling is too great, even without an exemplar of Rose's stature. Painful as it may be for the millions who admired him as a ballplayer, he should be punished as severely as an objective...
Suddenly it all started to go wrong...
...senior at The Crimson, who happened to be my comp advisor. At first, he was really annoying. He seemed to expect so much from me, and I just didn't feel up to it. He would ask me what was wrong with me if I took a nap in the afternoon. (Sleeping a lot is, indeed, a common symptom of depression, but I didn't know that then...