Word: speeding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Before that Bush had asserted again and again that the Texas criminal-justice system had been infallible under him, despite the lightning speed at which executions are carried out, the lack of an adequate public-defender system, the closing of an office that aided inmates' appeals and a disturbingly high rate of innocence found in other states when death-penalty cases have been independently investigated. In 1999 Governor Bush vetoed a bill that would have modestly improved the quality of representation in criminal cases...
...detrimental to American security. One of the reasons the development of an effective missile defense has been so slow and costly is that the ABM treaty prevents us from testing the most promising technologies, such as sea-based and space-based weapons. Even today, we cannot test a high-speed interceptor against any incoming missile traveling faster than 5 km per SEC. because the Russians are afraid it might be effective against their ICBMs. This is quite crazy. It means that because of a cold war relic, the U.S. has to forgo building the most effective defense it can against...
...hasty conclusions. In middle age, many things can cause memory loss or mental fuzziness, to say nothing of confused thinking--menopause, for example, whose effects can be eased with estrogen-replacement therapy. Also, keep in mind (remember?) that age takes a very normal toll on what psychologists call processing speed--the rapidity with which you can summon up the names of people and places. Our brains, in any case, have evolved with a certain built-in forgetfulness, lest they become hopelessly cluttered with useless information...
...will have to broker it. And both men believe that Clinton is the best arbiter they've had in these talks. The incoming president - no matter if he's George W. Bush or Al Gore - are both unknown quantities and it will take them months to get up to speed on the Middle East. Fail to reach a treaty now, and the window will be closed for a long time...
...from Israel by Jordan, had to travel some 300 miles before reaching Tel Aviv, whereas Hezbollah is able to deploy its Katyushas close to the border. "This system won't have much advanced warning, which makes its task that much more challenging. Then again, it has the advantage of speed, attacking its target with a sustained beam that travels at the speed of light rather than trying to hit a bullet with another bullet." Although the U.S. says it has no plan to field laser weapons of its own, if THEL proves successful in testing for attack by multiple rockets...