Word: processing
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...question really is whether the Chilean military is prepared to accept democratic life, including due process of law against its own officers when they have violated the country's law or its constitution. And the emerging standoff in Santiago therefore presents the U.S. with an opportunity to reckon with a stain on its own history in Latin America, particularly in relation to Chile...
...world's greatest power prize hanging on a punch-out confetti of chads and the interpretation of dimples. Now you see it (the presidency), now you don't. Magicians with law degrees pull votes out of hats, or double-bottomed suitcases. Ballots flutter in and out of the process like butterflies...
...When the political process enters the courtroom, the truth becomes malleable, corruptible, ultimately unknowable. This is American politics in a state of deconstruction - a form of postmodernist cardsharking...
...unholy alliance of sensationalism, litigiousness and political correctness) encourages a disturbing belief in the undiscoverability - even the irrelevance - of truth. Of much more importance than truth are... feelings! If you doubt me, think of O. J. Simpson playing golf in Florida (and even commenting on the current legal process over the weekend). Think of the crime in the O.J. case. Think of the role of a policeman's use of the n-word in getting Simpson off. Think of the combat between truth and feelings. And tell me which of them...
...most consistent theme was lack of evidence to prove Gore's allegations. There was, according to Sauls, no evidence to show abuse of discretion by the canvassing boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade or Nassau counties; there was no evidence of fraud or improper influence in the counting process; there was no preponderance of evidence showing balloting or counting problems widespread enough to necessitate a recount. In other words, Al, you've got no case...