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From a 1996 memo written by representatives of Lancaster Management Incorporated to Marty Backus Jr. Backus was employed by the company, which owns several newspapers, as a publisher and editor until June 2001. In March 2002, Backus filed a lawsuit against Lancaster for wrongful dismissal, claiming that company representatives had told him he was evil in their eyes for failing to comply with the provisions of the memo. The following is a listing of our non-negotiable terms for allowing you to continue in your position at Waldron. These sessions will probably need to be weekly or at least semimonthly. At the very least, you and Vickie should eat dinner together at the table every night. You and Vickie must go to bed with each other every night without fail. If she likes to go to sleep early and you like to stay up late, compromise where she stays up a little later with you and you go to bed a little earlier. Besides saying good night to each other, the last thing you should do each night is say a prayer out loud together. This goes for you and your sons: Turn the TV off and leave it off. Allow yourself limited TV of some sports and some news, but thats it. Read a chapter of Proverbs a day to correspond with the day of the month. One favorite passage, which we suggest you carry with you at all times, is James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. Vickie has much to do with your success or failure in your personal life together, in the business, and in this effort to resurrect your marriage. We want a short written report from you faxed to us every Monday morning and on our desk here by 8 am In this report should be your triumphs and tragedies of the past week, the high points and the low points you hit. We want you and Vickie to succeed in all personal and business areas of your lives in that order.
The practical exercise of power was in the hands of the servants of a soulless corporation on the opposite side of the globe, whose predominant feeling was contempt for the people over whom they were placed. The following slogans were submitted to the United States Air Force Academy in August 2002. The school solicited suggestions to replace one of its mottoes, Bring Me Men, which was deemed inappropriate following the discovery that rape and sexual harassment of female cadets were endemic at the institution. He still prefers raw flesh, and when a bullock dies and the skin is removed, he attacks and eats the body, in company with the village dogs. From transcripts of telephone conversations between Joseph Miedzianowski, a gang-crimes specialist with the Chicago Police Department, and William Jarding, a correctional officer with the Cook County Sheriffs Department assigned to the Cook County firearms range. The conversations were recorded in November and December 1998, as a result of a court-authorized wiretap of Miedzianowskis home telephone. In June 2002, Jarding was sentenced to sixteen months in prison for conspiracy to possess stolen ammunition. Miedzianowski is currently serving a life sentence for an unrelated drug-running conviction.
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