Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Kimberlin, who has been transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis, is suing Quinlan, the Bureau of Prisons and a former Justice Department spokesman -- Loye Miller -- in federal court, alleging that in keeping him quiet they violated his free-speech rights. The prison bureau insists that the special detention was in line with standard policy governing prisoner contacts with news media. As for Quayle and pot, press secretary David Beckwith declared, "The Vice President has never used marijuana or, to his knowledge, met Brett Kimberlin...
...Internal Revenue Service is tough on taxpayers, but the agency can be a soft touch when it comes to misconduct by its top executives. Case in point: two former IRS officials, Frank Santella and Joseph Jech. The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency that protects whistle blowers, filed civil charges in May against the two for harassing and demoting two IRS managers who tried to snitch on their superior, Santella, a former regional boss in the Chicago IRS office. Santella allegedly went after the informers with the help of Jech, who retired in June...
...inability of good friends to know how to react properly to the illness, the changes in everyday life caused by fear and management of the virus and, of course, the virus' enormous impact on personal relationships and social behavior. The talented group of male actors convey their own special reactions to AIDS, and they create a mood of comaraderie and intimacy that is touching but not overly sentimental...
...special effects are superb. When the Ghostdad haunts the neighborhood brat he proves that an avenging angel still can have a good laugh. And the trip to the doctor's office shows some remarkable creativity without relying too heavily on computer animation and other techniques...
Yesterday's welcoming ceremonies at Rice werecut short because of intense heat, despite thefact that the university installed special airconditioners in an open field to cool the leaders...