Word: light
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...worthy people are destined for defeat, what does that make of the winners? This question hums throughout Vidal's historical series, particularly as it applies to the biggest winners, U.S. presidents. Burr casts both Jefferson and George Washington in a harsh light. "Lincoln" portrays its protagonist as almost diabolically unknowable in his use of power; "Empire" makes merry with the boisterously ambitious Theodore Roosevelt. Vidal's fiction strives mightily to transform the faces on the Mount Rushmore monument into rubble and scree...
...motion alarm sounds across the river in Allston. Gilbert and his backup, Officer Terence Johns, race towards the site. Their blue strobes light up the darkened businesses, freezing them in the bright lights; the engine roars as Gilbert pilots his way across the river, screeching to a stop at the building within two minutes. He sees two Harvard employees just walking out as he pulls up. It takes 10 minutes to search the building--nothing is amiss...
This several person group interviews the accused student and the accuser if there is one in the case, as well as any other witnesses or people who could shed light on the case. This could include interviewing HUPD officers, if clarification or elaboration is needed on an original police report...
...that the government has surrendered almost all its case against Lee, having been forced along the way to drop many of its most basic claims - the "crown jewels" claim, for example, looks more than a little alarmist when viewed in the light of the fact that, as Lee's attorneys pointed out, the data he downloaded was classified "restricted" rather than "secret" - it's worth examining how the media deals with off-the-record information from highly placed sources who demand to remain anonymous...
This is what life is like inside the oil drum. Each morning Bush wakes up in its dim light and tries to poke his head out to the world. It starts with a "message of the day," which he tries to eke past a press corps that, with polls tightening and a real race going, isn't letting much pass before they bring up what they want to talk about. Which usually results in a pounding and a walloping, distracting and disorienting the candidate...