Word: reassignment
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...been accused of the sexual abuse of children. That's 1 in 10. Worse, when evidence of these crimes has come to light, the church hierarchy has done everything in its power to hush it up, pay secret damages to the victims and, in many cases, do nothing but reassign pedophile priests to other parishes, where they can commit abuse again. In one of the worst cases, that of the Rev. John Geoghan, the church hierarchy had responded to clear evidence of his depravity by moving the now defrocked priest around for almost two decades--as he continued his pattern...
...They want something in the Atlantic so they don?t have to reassign ships to a completely new locale. The Navy has held bombing practice in the Mediterranean and in Scotland. The problem is in Vieques you can have airplanes flying, dropping bombs, ground staff doing their maneuvers and amphibious crews practicing. Finding a place where you can practice the trifecta of military maneuvers - air, land and water - is extremely difficult. The Navy was well aware of this difficulty, which is why there was so much resistance to leaving Vieques in the first place...
Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans says that among the thousands of students she has seen pass through the first-year advising system, she has only had to reassign three. Those types of "persistent disagreements" are rare, she says, largely because "students can always consult someone else...
...parents say that 10 years ago the FBI told them it was no longer pursuing Soliah. But California still wanted her. The recent dip in crime allowed the L.A.P.D.. to reassign officers to unsolved cases, and Lieut. Tom King, 50, whose father Mervin had led the firefight against the S.L.A., took a fresh look at Soliah's and Kilgore's. His men got a federal jury to indict her for "unlawful flight to avoid prosecution." That warrant brought the FBI back in. Last month the bureau posted a $20,000 reward and asked the syndicated TV show America...
Soon, Clinton aides begin to see trouble in her eyes. They reassign her to the Pentagon, where Lewinsky meets Linda Tripp, a former Bush employee. Lewinsky brags to Tripp of her attempts to win the President's affection. Tripp is friends with Lucianne Goldberg, a New York literary agent who once posed as a journalist to spy for Richard Nixon. Goldberg has an idea: get Lewinsky to fantasize a bit further, put the confessions on tape and get revenge, once and for all, on Clinton and the Democrats. Lewinsky agrees to the plan and reads the scripted confessions over...