Word: braddock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turned out, it was neither the fingerprints nor the blood samples that ended the hunt. On Thursday night, while Kelly and others were being interviewed on ABC's Nightline about the case, police arrested a man who was trying to sell a shotgun at a pawn shop in nearby Braddock. The gun had been stolen from a house where one of the rapes had taken place. The suspect: Dennis Foy, 22, is unemployed and lives with his family on the same block where one of the rapes occurred. His father, unemployed Steelworker Julius Foy, 57, had voluntarily given his fingerprints...
Though racism has ancient origins, it must be taught anew to each child, and the best way to teach it is through ignorance. "Separation of racial groups breeds fear and misunderstanding," says William Taylor of the Center for National Policy Review, a Washington civil rights group. Or as Jomills Braddock of Johns Hopkins elaborates, "When racial groups are separated by segregation -- de jure or de facto -- stereotypes form. When one group has economic, political and social advantages over the other, the group without becomes negatively stigmatized, and the group with advantages develops aversion to the group without...
...working!)" implores Mechanic Bruno Lockner to one balky contraption. "This machine understands Italian," he jokes. Some machines have names. Clarabelle is a complex wonder that churns out 1,000 crossbar assemblies an hour. It was designed by Allen-Bradley engineers, and is tended by 18-year veteran Employee Cheryl Braddock. Says Braddock: "I talk to her every morning. I pat her on the side. I say, 'It's going to be a good...
...numbers and complexity were not the adversaries, then distance, time, disease, weather, Indians and ignorance were. It took a week to get to New York City. Early death stalked almost everyone. Washington was remarkably durable for his time-and lucky. His horses and uniforms were riddled with bullets at Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian War. He was untouched. But even his luck ran out finally. He died at 67 of a throat inflammation. A young physician in attendance wanted to open the trachea but was overruled by his seniors, still fearful of the new technique...
Kenneth S. Wagner North Braddock...