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Twenty percent of students take psychopharmaceuticals, from Adderall to Zoloft.
psychopharmaceuticals have side effects
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News zooms in) for their Kenneth Starr cover stories.
Kenneth Starr is in the cover of the stories.
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Many of the qualities attributed to Clinton's women also describe his mother, Virginia Kelley.
Clinton's women were nothing like his mother.
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They may want to consult an astrophysicist as well as a plastic surgeon.
By consulting an astrophysicist, they can gain more information about interstellar phenomena.
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The shotgun-marriage rate itself declined only gradually, but that is not surprising.
The decline in shotgun-marriages is predictable.
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But any hope that Democrats can capitalize on Starr's non-North performance dissolves immediately after lunch, when Democratic committee counsel Abbe Lowell questions Starr.
Abbe Lowell plans to attempt capitalization on Starr's questioning.
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To hold costs down, the $24 billion program doesn't cover kids who are currently insured.
The program should cost less.
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To resume my economist's hat, scarcity confers value, and the realization that one's days are few increases one's appreciation of their value.
Scarcity crumbles value.
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Another school of thought contends that faith and reason occupy two different realms of knowing.
Religion and science have, at different times in history, been combined and separated from one another.
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It is impressive that such a warm and amiable fellow--and he was--could be so profoundly wrong at least twice.
He had never been wrong about anything.
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Maybe we shouldn't save every premature baby regardless of the cost.
Premature babies incur a cost.
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The shotgun-marriage rate itself declined only gradually, but that is not surprising.
The shotgun-marriage rate has fallen extremely quickly.
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But there is a more fruitful way to look at He is the first high-profile newspaper man in a long time who actually believes in newspapers.
Not many high profile people like the newspaper
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His work can no more be dispatched into some rubric like outsider art than that of Blake or Helderlin.
His work is easily evaluated using a rubric
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Individuals' claims to their wealth and income must of course be balanced by the need to finance governmental activities, no matter how few and inconsequential they may be.
Individuals have a responsibility to their government to pay their fair share of taxes.
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Also shown are a lot of stars--24 or 25, one of them could be a dust speck--symbolizing something to do with the sky or night time or celebrities or spaceships or celebrities in spaceships like in Star Wars . There are a helmet and some ferns or laurel, some kind of leaves, and a Latin motto, Salus Populi Suprema Lex E...
It seems like the stars represent some combination of stars, spaceships, and celebrities.
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The agonized expression on his face looks like a kind of rapture.
His pain came across as though he was actually experiencing pleasure.
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It's a major omission, then, that we never see those schools or the kids' interaction with their stable, well-to-do Beverly Hills counterparts.
Children from Beverly Hills are well to do.
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There is too much flexing of stylistic muscle, says the New Republic 's Robert Alter.
Robert Alter is not a fan of people pushing stylistic ideas
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If NBC wanted to clone its sitcoms, you think it could aim higher than Suddenly Susan and The Naked Truth , says USA Today 's Matt Roush.
NBC models every sitcom it comes up with after Suddenly Susan.
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For instance, suppose you are buying a Beanie Baby for your little brother or a discounted airline ticket to Cabo San Lucas.
Airline tickets and Beanie Babies are being considered as comparisons.
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I suppose it is aging that has changed my attitude.
Getting older makes people want different things.
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Where is beauty?
Beauty is hard to find.
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In some countries, they'd be the dinner.
They would definitely stay away from those countries.
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That, of course, is precisely why Java has become such fertile ground for cyberevangelism.
Java has been a place for cyberevangelism.
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As any 10-year-old knows (and game theorists can now elaborately prove), three-person secrets are particularly troublesome in this regard, because nobody can ever pinpoint which of the other two might have cheated.
When three individuals know a secret, it's hard to know who may have let it leak.
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And the computer animation and cheerful music suggest that sex is a fun consumable.
Manipulating the computers mouse to watch this makes you feel like sex is fun.
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The conceit is that Benigni tries to keep the 5-year-old from realizing what's going on by pretending that the whole thing is a game and that if the boy gets through it without crying or complaining he wins a tank.
The boy is five years old.
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While poisoning dogs is strictly illegal, there have to be two witnesses who saw the laying down of the poison, and even then the punishment is only a modest fine.
It is legal to give poison to a canine.
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Maybe next week's Times business section's lead media article should be about whether newspapers have become more like magazines in their struggle to maintain and build readership in these trying digital times.
It has been easy for newspapers to maintain and build readership in the digital age.
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Newsweek 's cover package compares Watergate and Flytrap.
The cover compares Watergate and the Iran Contra scandal
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I'm the co-author of one the leading treatises on legal ethics--and it's updated annually.
The treatise is updated every 12 months
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Richard Lamm, who attempted to wrest leadership of the party away from Perot, is a classic Greater New England progressive, as is former Connecticut Gov.
Richard Lamm wanted to be the party leader.
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With a perfectly straight face they report, for example, that lesbians are at least 300 times more likely to die in car crashes than females of similar ages in general.
They reported this while roaring in laughter, winking as they joked about lesbians in car crashes.
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Thus, the putting-in-place of the final piece of Roosevelt's and Truman's grand design for a free world--a piece that they had tried and failed to put in place in their day--would be an accomplishment to be proud of.
Roosevelt and Truman's plan to take over the world would be decried for generations.
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He has since criticized Buchanan directly and encouraged Weicker to run for the Reform Party's nomination.
He has nothing negative to say about either candidates and gives his full endorsement to both.
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Biskind's book, accordingly, concludes with a litany of spectacular Coppola's Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart, Spielberg's 1941 , William Friedkin's Sorcerer, and, of course, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate . According to Mardik Martin, Scorsese's erstwhile writing partner (as quoted by Biskind): The auteur theor...
Spielberg directed 1941
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Early in 1996, U.S. pundits, experts, and consultants heralded the Year of the Internet--to be climaxed by a presidential election in which the Internet would make a significant difference.
The internet was not a meaningful factor in US presidential elections until 1996.
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To be sure, the Army's program insists, though more vaguely than people admit, that affirmative-action beneficiaries must meet the same minimum qualifications as their white counterparts.
The Army utilizes affirmative-action hiring
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How was Sun Ra able to command this kind of sacrifice?
Sun Ra demanded followers to leave their homes to come with him.
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Lucinda-- Write a song about Pale Fire and he's yours!
He will marry Lucinda if she writes a song about Pale Fire.
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At the Pentagon, real-world combat requirements come first--except when they don't.
The Pentagon deals with non combat issues only.
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But Aaron hardly figures here and, of course, psychology isn't the point.
Aaron is essential here, especially if you consider the psychology.
contradiction
The committee held its final deliberations from July 24 through July 30.
Final deliberations were the last full week of July.
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should not guide our activities in cyberspace.
Will be the sole source of guidance when it comes to cyberspace.
contradiction
The Dow Jones industrial average topped 7,000 . Financial reporters, while proclaiming once again that the optimists have been vindicated, are having more and more trouble finding anyone on Wall Street who was this optimistic.
Even Wall Street optimists didn't think the Dow Jones industrial average would go so high.
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While Coz preaches decorum, the Globe has added more sensationalism, more gore, more nasty gossip.
The Globe added more sensationalism after losing readers
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The admonition, You become what you behold, has yielded to You become what you belittle.
both sayings are extremely famous.
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Also, studies showed that, at the lower, pasteurization doses, radiation does not degrade nutrients.
Pasteurization has a range of lower doses.
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When reality interfered (Brenda apparently did not go through with a marriage to an immigrant in search of a green card for $10,000, as she does on-screen), Barker brushed the truth aside as immaterial, following her up the steps of City Hall in her wedding dress because it was true to her character.
Barker is a reporter who brushed the truth aside as immaterial.
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The Times speculated that NATO officials leaked the bad news to persuade Congress not to pull out the troops.
Congress ultimately decided not to pull out the troops
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I felt like a moron for not being able to figure this out myself.
I should have been able to figure this out.
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We've collected all of Harry's O.J. Dispatches into one gargantuan Microsoft Word (and Adobe Acrobat) document that will you can dowload by clicking here.
The dispatches are available in Google docs
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The Other Side of the Rainbow
The rainbow has another side
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Oil prices jumped this week, due to cold weather in the Northeast . That's certainly sensible.
Oil prices surged this week
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The second reference to bumfuzzled was in History of the Life of Rev.
Bumfuzzled was referenced twice.
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Instead, the cost of computer gear is falling precipitously, and affordable bandwidth--the measure of data transmission--is growing at an exponential rate.
Affordable bandwith is falling.
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The magazine profiles former anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, who now heads the University of Cape She has won admirers (and enemies) by insisting that the university not adjust its standards to favor black students.
Mamphela Ramphele, who is a former anti-apartheid activist, went to the same university she now heads.
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The site, of course, will still be available, including all current contents, The Compost, and The Fray.
It'll all still be there, unchanged for years.
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13-year-old I hate the people in our grade--they're all so boring!
The author thinks the other students in school are exciting.
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I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you.
I know we fully agree on each detail.
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(Nine-tenths of a second, unfortunately, was how long his name remained in my memory.)
His name remained in my memory for nine-tenths of a second
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Read him his rights for what crime?
For what crime can we read him his rights?
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Greenberg's survey, for example, asks people who voted for Clinton to pick from a list of possible reasons why they did so.
Greenberg is conducting a survey among Clinton voters
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What one does not expect in a book of this kind--a book that is technical even as it is beautiful--is that the author will be not just fastidious but also an evocative and wonderfully quirky writer.
This makes the book even more of a good read.
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Klayman, who presents a coherent faaade while making wild and unsubstantiated charges, is perfect.
Klayman is well qualified for his job.
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When I interviewed Klein for my piece about the Microsoft case, he singled out Brian Arthur as the economist who has most influenced his thinking about the way in which high-technology markets operate.
High-tech markets are the specialty that Brian Arthur has chosen.
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(Most A fictitious manservant, supposed to be a sort of African-American Everyman, contemplates assassinating Wallace.)
The manservant has never thought about killing Wallace
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This December, it will happen Tens of thousands of children will hound their parents into buying charming Dalmatian pups for Christmas.
The movie "101 Dalmatians" is the reason why children will ask for them for Christmas.
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You never know for sure what you're getting, which, unfortunately, is an argument for ponying up.
Certainty is uncertain in this case.
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One week, you're the only one he can turn to when Newt shuts down the government; the next, you're bucking him up for Saddam.
You are a dependable person when Newt shuts down the government at first.
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With a little luck, by the time I contract a fatal disease, I'll already be dead.
The author will die any time now.
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They were a breeze to enter--a few mouse clicks and a password.
It only took a password and a few mouse clicks to enter.
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This program should be expanded, perhaps with incentives for police to live in the neighborhoods they patrol full time.
People believe police should be incentivized to live where they patrol
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What makes Linux enthralling from a tech-head's point of view is that it is based on Unix standards that have been around for decades.
Linux sells more copies than windows
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Paste for Greenies
Greenies are pasted
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Non-discount long-distance rates rose even faster.
The price for undiscounted long-distance ones became expensive more quickly.
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Still, Frisby did a better job than Woodward in offering meaning.
Frisby did a poorer job than Woodward.
contradiction
(Watch previews and join The Odyssey chat on NBC's site.)
The Odyssey chat is on NBC's site on weekends only.
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My favorite detail is the TV commercial where they pour out of the giant Bible.
The TV commercial was banned and networks refused to air it.
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Though some faculty members feel McKinsey's involvement shames the academy, most think it's a healthy development for Harvard.
Those who disagree with McKinsey would like him to quit working at Harvard.
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Please ask Jonah Goldberg (Linda Victimized or Vicious) to explain why he thinks, if all Tripp wanted to do was to protect her good name, she continued to tape Lewinsky long after she would have had enough evidence for this purpose.
Tripp wanted evidence against Lewinsky so she could take him to court for slandering her name.
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Researchers are performing placebo-controlled surgical trials in which they cut patients open and sew them back up without doing anything.
Researchers are taking liberties with patients.
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Carter, the family's patriarch, was certifiably rural; he grew up in southwestern Virginia's Poor Valley.
Carter grew up on a farm.
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Maybe you'd better take the motorcycle helmet off.
You should remove the helmet
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We can stumble into a war with China over Taiwan very easily, warns Professor David Shambaugh of George Washington University.
Shambaugh of GWU cautioned that a conflict with China with regards to Taiwan is possible.
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One much-discussed cybertrend is especially relevant the scenario in which various data brokers offer a Daily Me, a batch of articles tailored to your tastes, cheaply gleaned from all over the Web.
A Daily Me offers valuable insights that are tailored to the recipient.
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Investors can decide not only that Microsoft owes its success to the abuse of monopoly power, and not only that the courts will strip the company of this ability, but that Microsoft doesn't know any other way to survive.
Investors are at the mercy of Microsoft despite the negative news.
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Suge, too, imitated mob style, valuing loyalty and insularity over all, surrounding himself with thuggish cronies.
Suge converted many of his acquaintances to a life of crime.
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But if you want to create our very own Quebec, go ahead and pass an official English law.
They want to create a new Quebec because they are dissatisfied about an issue in Canada.
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Doctorow's Ragtime , is set in 1910.
Doctorow's Ragtime is set in modern times.
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Finkelstein is not breaking new ground here.
Finkelstein has ideas that aren't unique.
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I think there's a piece there, Joyce.
Joyce is told about the suspected piece.
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Then, I suppose those of us who support income redistribution wouldn't look so hypocritical and our grandchildren would have big debts, higher taxes, no trees--and be poor.
Our grandchildren will be richer thanks to income redistribution.
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July 9, PBS's The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ran, without comment, all the PDFA's new ads.
All of PDFA's new ads were shown on July 9th.
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Our powerful, multipurpose computers will continue to become even more powerful, but as they acquire new skills--like voice recognition--their appeal will be limited by their price.
As they acquire new skills--like voice recognition--our powerful, multipurpose computer's appeal will be enhanced.
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Starr's failures stemmed not from evil but from errant good.
Starr's failures were epically catastrophic.
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Virtually every church in the state, the top strategists from both parties, the state chamber of commerce, and thousands of grassroots organizers banded together to defeat poker.
Corporate lobbyists were exclusively responsible for the defeat of poker.
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Earlier in the column, however, he exposes the flaw in this idea.
The flawed idea went unnoticed by him.
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Comedy attacks.
Comedy is purely defensive
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