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Or the ad when the Wagnerian soprano (G.W.)
The soprano's range was such that they could also sing contraltos.
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Ut's was not the only camera present
There were multiple cameras in the area.
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News zooms in) for their Kenneth Starr cover stories.
Kenneth Starr has become a celebrity.
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(After all, Scheck earns a pittance compared with what he could if he were a full-time criminal defense attorney.)
Scheck is happy with his job and pay.
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The world would have conceded the claims of both gays and women without the student occupation of a single lecture hall anywhere in the world.
The students set up many protests.
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I have a Pavlovian reaction to the pre-title black-white-and-red bit with Monty Norman's theme and the gun site roving over the latest 007 as he saunters to the center of the frame--I go, Kill 'em, Bond!
I like the James Bond theme.
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Simpson defense : law professor Barry Scheck and forensic expert Henry Lee.
The Simpson defense includes Homer Simpson.
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It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion.
We would like to claim we are rich but we actually are not.
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A shocking number of his recent articles are based on something he saw on television.
Most of his articles are based on his own real world experiences.
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And by drugs, which have been their remedy for every psychological LSD to shatter hang-ups; cocaine to alleviate chronic boredom; Prozac to lift depression.
Several drugs provide psychological solutions.
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Instead, you're still leading with Jacob Weisberg on Clinton's African apology (Sorry Excuse) and Cullen Murphy's discourse on lying (The Lie of the Land).
Cullen Murphy runs a discourse on African apologies.
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Steve Forbes intends to advertise on day trading and investment sites, where people who might vote for him are likely to be found.
Steve Forbes is advertising and in search of like minded people who will vote for him.
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By a process of elimination, he and his buddy Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) end up at the remote stone house of Ned Devine--whom they find dead in his armchair with the ticket between his fingers, the shock of his windfall having felled him.
Ned Devine died while sitting with in an armchair.
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There followed the epoch of leg warmers and other mutations into the aerobics class look.
Leg warmers have remained the same stylistically since the 1940's.
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The ad displays information in a format similar to a stock ticker.
The ad was only lines of text on a solid white background.
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The bears are holding up what might be a dinner plate that says, United We Stand Divided We Ball, indicating a surprisingly open marriage or that the ink smeared.
The ink-smear theory is one of the more eccentric theories about the image.
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Added tiers devoted to luxury seating at the new parks also push the upper deck away from the field.
Luxury seating is reducing the quality of cheaper seats.
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The West prevailed because it was rich, rather than because it was good.
The West lost the war because of their focus on morals.
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Not only did it promote freedom more than any statesman or soldier did by creating CNN, faxes, and e-mail, but furthermore, Einstein's theory of relativity paved the way for a new relativism in morality, arts and politics, influencing James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, and others.
Einstein's work paved the way for modern technology.
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Monica gets out first and opens the courthouse door.
Monica was last in approaching the courthouse door.
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Within a week the snoop had discovered his unlisted phone numbers, bank balances, stock holdings, and salary, as well as the phone numbers of everyone he calls.
The snoop was unable to learn anything within a month.
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Gay liberation, like feminism, is central to the whole individualist ethos of the last two decades.
Holding an individualist ethos is important to be a good person.
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Unlike commodity futures or even currency futures that allow farmers or companies to do a better job of projecting their future business, stock options contribute nothing to the smooth functioning of capital markets.
farmers have very few stock options to choose from.
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But the stallions who run Ruby see the place as purely evil.
The stallions dream of their escape.
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McCain, for example, demands an investigation of the allegations about technology transfer [and] all these campaign contributions that came out of China.
China have contributed millions into these campaigns.
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(Note to Hollywood Try to hire someone who looks like Lillian Hellman to be your husband's personal assistant.)
Your husband needs a personal assistant.
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I felt like a moron for not being able to figure this out myself.
Not being able to solve the problem themselves has made them feel like a moron.
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Why don't you refresh your recollection for a while, and we'll talk when I'm back.
The recollection was perfectly accurate.
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Faster, Pussycats!
Pussycats, move out at a rapid speed!
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One answer is to try to change the incentives of politicians, by making it more difficult for special interests to buy influence.
one remedy is to tweak the reasonings behind politicians choices by it more arduous for special interests to purchase influence.
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Atom Egoyan, the Canadian director ( Exotica , 1994; The Sweet Hereafter , 1997) who adapted and directed the book, does tender, morbidly evocative work.
Atom Egoyan is a talented director known for mobid, evocative work.
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This may be justified or not--we like him well enough around here!
It is justified to hate him around here.
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Then again, the tabloids have to give credit when love proves the cynics wrong.
Love can show that cynical beliefs are not true.
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She is frightened to death of her remaining children, whom she suspects of plotting to murder her.
She has nothing but warm and trusting feelings for her children.
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But we don't give out drugs willy-nilly.
Drugs are handed out like candy to people.
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In the 1980s, Kodak opened a major research center in Tokyo, staffed with Japanese engineers, and started a joint venture in which Canon made copiers sold under the Kodak name.
It is staffed with all American engineers.
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Initiatives like community policing and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit appeal to all parties in the debate.
All parties in the debate appreciate initiatives that help the community.
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Yes, said Emanuel after the HRC speech.
After the HRC speech, Emanuel said no.
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Markets get caught in self-perpetuating cycles of undue optimism and hysterical panic.
Markets will go up and down no matter what.
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Thus, the number of passive vs. active investors will always fluctuate around an equilibrium.
The fluctuation of passive and active investors can be graphed using a known mathematical formula.
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Bill Bradley does not talk about his religous faith on the campaign trail.
When asked about his faith after a campaign speech, Bill Bradley openly discussed his views.
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to be such excellent quiz wranglers.
They are great quiz wranglers.
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Upstairs are a couple of rooms of Socialist Realism, with ubiquitous Maos--first, youthfully slender in front of a traditionally rendered mountain, then putting on weight just like those Buddhas.
These displays were put together in the nineteen sixties and have remained mostly unchanged since then.
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Unfortunately for the GOP, the sophistication and delicacy of the ads is already being overwhelmed by the Democrats' simplification of them.
The GOP ads are overwhelming the Democrats.
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We may have lumped several different diseases together in describing the syndrome.
Most doctors agree with how the syndrome is described.
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Meanwhile, John McLaughlin stares directly at Fred Beetle Barnes, pauses, and calls him Pat Buchanan.
Fred Beetle Barnes is called Pat Buchanan by John McLaughlin
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It sparked a vigorous debate about morality, introduced role models who defied stereotypes (powerful attorneys in wheelchairs, patrician female lawmakers), and demonstrated that the political process is sturdy and forgiving.
The political process has been shown to be solid and merciful.
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A shocking number of his recent articles are based on something he saw on television.
He makes articles.
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They seemed to enjoy it, and it was extremely helpful to us.
It was both helpful to them, and as an added bonus, the others seemed to enjoy it.
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To the contrary, Jacob, he declared.
Jacob did not agree.
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What happens to an artist whose characters refuse to cooperate?
Artists never have to question whether their characters will cooperate.
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At the other extreme, if we discover that Bill Gates murdered Vince Foster, or a similar megascoop, journalistic bravado will easily triumph over corporate loyalty.
Bill Gates has nothing to do with this journalism.
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Instead, it's the company that owns the name that dictates the terms.
The company has more rights over the name than you do.
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Has the government not tried hard enough?
It is clear that the government did nothing at all.
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Perhaps, then, corporate rebirth is a fitting tag line.
a corporate reawakening is an appropriate label.
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Our technological improvements have dramatically slowed natural selection.
Technology impedes natural selection.
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AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED TO START A CHAIN LETTER TO INFORM PEOPLE
She had this wish since she was a young adult.
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I remember.
They remember.
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Growing up to be Gwyneth Paltrow makes her more bewitching but no less blank.
She is not interesting at all.
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The assumption is that private investors who buy and sell won are depressing its value below its equilibrium rate.
Private investors bought and sold until the value tanked.
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How can you gain the moral high ground, that lofty crag from which to hurl down scorn, when your native city--what's the word?
The person the author is condemning holds a position of high status.
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They say things like This is the coolest generation ever.
Some people comment on a collective generation.
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4) Court records indicate that a jewelry-fraud ring used illegal third-party campaign donations to get President Clinton to pose in photos with its principals.
the photos were never seen by the public.
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Newsweek also hints that 13 Heaven's Gate members--the ground crew--may be traveling through the Southwest, waiting for a signal from the spaceship.
Heaven's Gates cult members believed in spaceships.
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The New York Times reports that Santeria , the West Indian religion notorious for animal sacrifice, is gaining American adherents and coming out of the closet.
Santeria is known to treat all animals incredibly well.
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The 8-year-old study says 59 percent of a sample of college students think oral sex doesn't constitute having sex.
The study is 8 years old.
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And odd as it sounds, hiring influence peddlers generates good will on Capitol Hill.
Good will on Capitol Hill will determine the fate of your business.
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Tina Brown resigned as editor of The New Yorker . She will chair a multimedia publishing company in partnership with Miramax Films.
Tina Brown still works for The New Yorker.
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Thompson is no longer Hunter S. He performs a Hunter S. Thompson routine.
Thompson is still Hunter S.
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On Tuesday's NYPD Blue (ABC, 10 p.m.), Rick Schroder's tight-lipped character, Danny Sorenson, opens up to Sipowicz while seeking help for an alcoholic friend.
The next episode of NYPD Blue will have the character(s) of Danny open up to Sipowicz.
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In addition, the unions sponsored voter guides and a get-out-the-vote campaign.
the unions steered clear from any voting-type campaigns.
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The cover story on Trent Lott doubts that he can control the Republican Senate.
Lott was a Democrat.
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How, therefore, am I ever to recognize the (minimum) 20 percent wrong in most articles?
The articles are mostly in the New York Times.
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I wonder if we actually disagree, or if my solutions just didn't occur to you.
We most likely disagree.
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By my calculations, it probably went about 479 feet.
It went over 400 feet.
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If only there were creative writing schools in Heaven, or failing that, editors, we could hope that Jesus would learn how to improve on awful sentences like that.
The sentence is easy to translate into English.
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Newsweek claims 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. has become crime time for American teen-agers.
the time for crime involving teens is 2pm to 8pm according to Newsweek.
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You just have to be interesting.
Good things will come when you're interesting.
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Perhaps he put soma into our drinking water.
Soma is something positive that can be put into drinking water.
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Who better to help a candidate extract weighty lessons from his personal history, to teach him to tell voters that their own successes depend on his own?
The voters will be told that their success depends on his success.
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The example of loyalty and When he had just taken over as the chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, he hired a young staff economist named Ron Hoffman (brother of Dustin Hoffman).
The hiring of Ron Hoffman is an example of Nepotism.
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A cover story tracks the gestation of Paul Simon's The Capeman , a Broadway musical opening in January.
A cover story is about a musical that has yet to open.
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The shotgun-marriage rate itself declined only gradually, but that is not surprising.
The shotgun marriage rate was on a steady decrease, to no one's surprise.
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Given this prospect, the country should save heavily to make provision for the future--and lacking the kind of pay-as-you-go Social Security system that allows Americans to ignore such realities, it does.
Addressing social security is a big priority for the current administration.
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Newsweek lambastes the president for diplomatic errors and missed opportunities: Security advisers originally told the administration to offer President Slobodan Milosevic a face-saving compromise; when action became inevitable, they recommended strengthening NATO's military threat; finally, as airstrikes began, they u...
Newsweek is a weekly newspaper covering issues between the US and foreign countries.
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Does he himself play, or has he merely observed others?
he observes for weeks at a time.
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Such coverage is good Your Live at Five NewsTeam covers Election '96!
The live news coverage is for the 1996 election.
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However you fiddle with the rates, there will always be a perceived penalty on somebody.
No harm is caused by fiddling with rates.
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Growing up to be Gwyneth Paltrow makes her more bewitching but no less blank.
She grew up to be Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Second, the whole fiasco was the best thing that could have happened to the firm.
The fiasco was actually part of a carefully executed marketing plan.
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Similarly, China Telecom has said that it will explore opportunities for strategic investments in [China's] telecommunications industry.
It would be smart for China Telecom to consider making further investments within the telecommunications industry.
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Unfortunately, most of today's credibility mongers invoke credibility precisely to avoid such a moral commitment.
Organizations enjoy having credibility ratings.
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In the '50s, nobody wanted the movies to show all that except for the Italian ones, where the sexiest women all wore ill-fitting slips and had hairy armpits, too.
Italy was producing movies prior to 1960.
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How did Clinton win public support for bombing Serbia?
Clinton has never and will never bomb another country.
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Mintz dismisses our regional cuisines--New England, Southern, Cajun, Pennsylvania Dutch--because they have been ruined by the environmental impact of overfishing local stocks, and by ferocious marketing that dilutes their authenticity and ends in bowdlerization.
Overfishing is not a possibility in regional cuisine impact.
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It happened here about 2.1 billion years ago.
Several notable species went extinct here 2.1 billion years ago.
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Along with many Americans, I first caught Andy Kaufman on the Tonight Show in the mid-'70s.
Americans enjoyed Kaufman.
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They have mainstream acceptance and no shock value, and are worn by young career women and old grandmothers alike.
Noncontroversial and accepted by women, young and old, this article of clothing is popular.
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They look to Washington to mitigate the new economy's negative consequences.
The economy is fine.
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In Rome, La Repubblica reported from New York on the ambivalence of President Clinton's attitude toward Hollywood, pointing out that a few hours after accusing it of promoting violence and having direct responsibility for massacres in American schools, he had gone to dinner in Beverly Hills with film industry friends w...
Many wealthy people in Hollywood support Clinton's presidency.
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