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...created by Lloyd's. But some 230 "refuseniks," believing they were the victims of something more than bad luck in the marketplace, refused to sign up for R&R, deciding instead to do battle with Lloyd's in court. Unable to overcome Lloyd's immunity to prosecution for such lesser crimes as negligence, the Names were obliged to escalate the war and charge Lloyd's with fraud...
...objects Marcy looks at aren't especially faint: he and his collaborators find planets by looking for stars that wobble under the gravitational tug of unseen companions. But the wobbles are so subtle that a lesser telescope can barely detect them. "With a 10-m telescope," says Marcy, "we can look at fainter stars and pick out the signature of smaller objects...
...that's about it for suspense. Mostly, this movie is a succession of knock-offs. Of the old TV show, naturally, but also of the lesser James Bond entries, of The Matrix's visual effects in the fight scenes and of the penetration of a technologically well-defended vault, a la the first Mission: Impossible...
...three days of interviews in a fast-growing, politically moderate area the Bush and Gore camps consider up for grabs and critical to their success. With a handful of exceptions, even voters who have decided on a candidate said they weren't thrilled with their choice. "Bush is the lesser of two evils," said Joe Spencer, 45, an electrical technician. Betty Ford, retired from the construction business at 52, felt the same way about Gore. "I just find him so--What's the word?--unbelievable. But it'll probably be Gore. The economy is good...
...lesser of two evils," said Camille A. Rankine '04, explaining her less than wholehearted support for Vice President Al Gore...