Word: potentates
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...conservative president. Bush is playing down the issue, but if he makes abortion a litmus test for his veep, why not his Justices? If Bush does as expected and ditches Tom Ridge (or George Pataki) next week for a pro-life running mate, Gore may find that a potent weapon has fallen right into...
...case of the Atlanta child murders--29 young blacks killed and one black man convicted of two of the murders--was grisly, compelling and pertinent. So why isn't the tale of two Spin journalists, who later wrote a story implicating white racists in the crimes, a potent TV movie? Because Charles Robert Carner, the writer-director, blithely shuffles fact and innuendo. Because his idea of cinematic action is to have people walk briskly and talk loudly while the camera jitters like a hophead cadging a handout. Because Gregory Hines and Jim Belushi, as the Spin sleuths, are too good...
...stunning rapidity, or it could stall completely. My expectation is that it will do both, with various technologies proceeding at various rates. The new technologies may be self-accelerating, but they are not self-determining. They are the result of ever renegotiated agreement with society. Because they are so potent, their paths may undergo wild oscillations, but I think the trend will be toward the dynamic middle: much slower than the optimists expect, much faster than the pessimists think humanity can bear...
...kind of cool to say, 'I don't need a stupid lawyer,'" says attorney Gay Conroy, who counsels pro se filers in Ventura, Calif. TV shows like Judge Judy and legal websites like Ed Koch's TheLaw.com may embolden people by demystifying the courthouse. And antilawyer sentiment remains as potent as ever. "This is an era of do-it-yourself," says Kathleen Sampson of the American Judicature Society, an organization of judges and lawyers. "It's the Home Depot approach...
...Should Primm continue to develop, he may dominate as soon as next year. With Buttles back for his senior year, the attack could be potent...