Word: personals
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Peckham dismissed the crew's suit, tartly noting that despite the "novel legal theory" put forth by their attorneys, it was clear the couple had no intention of being injured by the train. Said Willson's attorney, Thomas Steel: "The decision has laid to rest the idea that a person who is run over can be sued for causing distress to the person that runs over...
...white-controlled media and police, of course, bought the story. After all, they had the very same fears and latent prejudices. The press, jumping on the story as if the death of Carol Stuart were so much more significant than that of James Moody, or any other person killed that day, added an element of class elitism to the web of prejudice. Additionally, much of white society already perceived the Black male as a murderous, adulterous beast as a result of this historically biased media portrayal. The press exacerbated this perception by referring to the supposed killer as a Black...
...comfortable members of the Pretty-Good Society, to justify our choice to the wretched hundredth, or to ignore the connection between our wealth and that individual's poverty. Again, the real-world intuition behind Rawls' logic should be clear. When was the last time you looked a homeless person...
...prospect of Robert Morris going to jail isquite frightening," Friedall said. "This is notsomeone who is comparable to a person who hascommitted a murder. If you look at theevidence...it would appear he'd violated a federalstatute. It would mean the federal penitentiary.He did something that was quite irresponsible andadolescent, but it was not criminal, in theordinary sense of the word...
...Chairman Richard Breeden announced the formation of a new 25-person SEC unit to combat securities violations at financial institutions. One of the group's goals: to prevent more disasters like the case of Lincoln Savings & Loan, whose chairman, Charles Keating, managed to run up $2.5 billion in losses, driving the California thrift into bankruptcy. With S&Ls foundering almost daily, the gesture seems like an afterthought -- and an undersized one at that...