Word: standard
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...Double beds. Somehow, the extra six inches on standard-issue dorm beds cannot compensate for the seeming doubling in all directions common to double beds: twice as thick, twice as wide, four pillows and four blankets. I have not slept so well in years, thanks to the combined effects of tea (see #3), solitude (see #4) and a dedicated guardian...
...business. Appellate courts must be careful about second-guessing lower courts on facts, which the trial judge has often seen firsthand. They have more leeway in reversing for mistakes of law. The Florida justices shrewdly based their decision on what they say were legal mistakes by Judge Sauls on standard of review and burden of proof. Decisions of the canvassing boards do not deserve the highly deferential "abuse of discretion" standard Judge Sauls applied in deciding not to second-guess them, the Florida justices said. Better still, the court found that he wrongly held the Gore plaintiffs to an onerous...
...vanquished. One of the best clues right now to the U.S. Supreme Court's concerns may be Scalia's brief concurrence to the stay order. In it, he expresses doubt--as Florida Chief Justice Wells did in his own dissent--about the constitutionality of letting the standard for counting hanging chads and dimples vary from county to county. And Scalia raises the long-standing Republican concern that multiple recounts may lead to degradation of ballots...
...Light," their new single, as well as inviting the audience to meet with band members during intermission. Dust For Life was clearly a relatively new band-during numbers, band members seemed to be so absorbed in their music that their interaction with the audience was minimal. Their music, standard hard rock with pop-infused melodies, was very similar to that of Fuel's, and so fans that came to see the latter were most likely pleasantly surprised. The sparse stage and lack of interaction made the experience rather too much like listening to their album at full volume...
...marriage of such vast arrays of content and distribution, like the old Standard Oil, worried the FTC for a long, long time until they gave up. Sometimes it tugs at the consciences of us content providers (formerly known as journalists). The use in news writing of "a parent company of this network/magazine/publication" was already widespread - this merger makes it even more so. Not to mention that there's one less behemoth out there I can make fun of without fearing for my company stock...