Word: question
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...question-and-answer session, Philip Reilly, a member of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence, asked the panelists their views on the use of the genetic samples of convicted felons in scientific testing...
Grace periods were designed for a more graceful period, so maybe Bill Clinton should have known that transitions count. By the time Inauguration Day rolled around, he'd already weathered questions about Vernon Jordan's ethics, Zoe Baird's nanny and his own publicly stated faith in a possible "deathbed conversion" by Saddam Hussein. And then there was the tardiness question: Would Clinton be on time for his own presidency? As official Washington held its breath and frazzled aides awaited their marching orders, the President teed up Issue...
...realized that this guy could be a competitor for the hearts and dollars of Silicon Valley. By the time the candidate hit his stride, the venture capitalist's tiny handwriting had piled up into something looking like a ransom note. Bush could see what was happening, so when a question came about the Texas Governor's national ambitions, he fired his response not to the questioner in the crowd but directly at Doerr. "I hope you'll keep your powder dry, John," said Bush. "I hope you'll keep an open mind...
There is scarcely a political question in America, Tocqueville observed, that doesn't turn sooner or later into a judicial one. Nowhere has that been truer than in Florida over the past two weeks. Going into the election, it looked like the presidency would be determined by the candidates' positions on issues such as prescription drugs and tax cuts. Now it seems likely to turn on how courts interpret obscure state election laws and arcane questions of administrative discretion...
...things may not be quite that easy inside the courtroom. There is a whole legal field, administrative law, devoted to the intricate question of when a government official has abused his discretion. Courts won't overrule an administrator lightly: In general they need to find that she or he has acted out of prejudice or arbitrarily. To Harris's critics, bias seems a given, since she is co-chair of Bush's Florida campaign. But except in the most blatant cases, courts are reluctant to make such assumptions about an official's motivation...