Word: footedly
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...came, and Officer Kevin Bryant, who's sort of the unofficial liaison for the police with the gay-lesbian community. Nothing conclusive was ever found, but police presence was seen throughout the house, in the entryways, something that was totally scary. As far as shock tactics go, with six-foot-four people patrolling the hallways, it was very effective! But for me, by then, the damage had already been done...
...last Shackleton led the party to solid ground on Elephant Island. He left 22 to hunker down there, and with a crew of five, set out in a 20-foot open boat across 850 miles of the worst seas in the world. He made it to the remote South Atlantic island of South Georgia, then climbed across a mountain and glacier to fetch help at a whaling station. All of the expedition's men were rescued...
...police: Diallo's body was riddled with 19 bullets of the 41 fired in total. And although the officers say they stopped firing well before Diallo fell to the ground, a pathologist hired by the prosecution found a bullet that had traveled from the sole of Diallo's foot up through his leg - a difficult shot to make when a victim is standing. The officers, who have all pleaded innocent to the murder charge, claim the 22-year-old Guinean immigrant matched the description of a serial rapist and appeared to be pulling a gun. In retrospect, both perceptions were...
...those of you looking at this from your home office, it looks as though there's now less chance of getting your employer to foot the bill for an ergonomically correct desk chair or smoke detectors. This week the Labor Department solidified its flip-flop on the issue of safety of home offices by officially exonerating employers from responsibility for safety conditions in remote home offices. What remains to be seen is whether employers, faced with rising costs in meeting heightened office safety standards - such as maintaining higher levels of air quality - will direct more employees into the home...
DIED. IVAN DEBLOIS COMBE, 88, entrepreneur who created the acne cream Clearasil; in Greenwich, Conn. He also developed Odor-Eaters foot-care products and Just For Men hair color...