Altricial, meaning requiring nourishment, refers to a pattern of growth and development in organisms which are incapable of moving around on their own soon after hatching or being born.
United States Attorney Lynne A. Battaglia hired Rosenstein as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 1997. He litigated a wide range of cases, coordinated the credit card fraud and international assistance programs and supervised the law student intern program.
This sounds so hammy, but I think he's so deeply decent and honorable and cares so much about being honorable that I don't think [the politics] will affect his actions in any way, said Philip B. Heymann, a former deputy attorney general under Bill Clinton who hired Rosenstein to act as counsel in 1993.