Word: case
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...Navy showed less charity in a similar case earlier this month. After a six-month investigation, the Navy reprimanded plastic surgeon Mitchell Grayson, a commander, and fined him $2,000. His offense: borrowing surgical instruments to use in free operations that repaired the cleft palates and harelips of hundreds of Third World children. Grayson has resigned from the Navy to practice in Philadelphia...
...ally Jesse Jackson began publicly urging a compromise, in which all but a minor charge against Barry would be dropped in exchange for his resignation. But Stephens has not accepted the offer, perhaps out of concern that such a deal would lend credence to Barry's claim that the case was a racially motivated effort to "politically lynch" a prominent black official. Stephens reportedly continues to insist that Barry plead guilty to at least one felony count, which would probably mean some time in jail...
...landscape has been so transformed by ignorance, arrogance and greed that those who must prove their case are not those who call for forest protection, but those who call for business as usual," says Richard Brown of the National Wildlife Federation. Less than 10% of the ancient forest that once covered the Northwest remains. From Alaska to British Columbia to Oregon, forests that predate the 13 Colonies are being sacrificed for plywood, planks and pulp. The rapidity with which these primeval stands are being cut down has driven a handful of environmental extremists to sabotage timber-industry equipment, tie themselves...
What is the Government's obligation to those workers and to the loggers of the Northwest? It would be impossibly costly for Congress to insure every citizen against the winds of change. But when scores of communities are imperiled, relief measures are necessary. In the case of the Northwest, the Federal Government should help retrain loggers and millworkers and provide towns with grants to spur economic diversification. Congress could also help sustain the Northwest's processing mills by passing legislation aimed at reducing raw-log exports...
...that everyone was fed, made sure that Father wore a clean white shirt, put everything in its proper place -- all with a warm, ; ready smile on her round face. She acted as if no catastrophe had occurred: the Central Committee had simply made another decision, in this case involving the dismissal of her husband, and she accepted it as she had accepted so many others. After all, she wasn't just his wife but a party member, and democratic centralism's dictates about subordination from top to bottom had become second nature to her. Once decisions were made, they...