Word: subjecting
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...trial lawyers to collect large punitive-damage awards, which often far exceed the actual damages. Forty-five states have enacted civil-justice-reforms laws that limit such awards; and the Republican-backed Litigation Fairness Act, which is pending in the Senate, would make lawsuits filed by the government subject to the same procedures and laws that apply to injured persons...
What impressed senior writer Richard Lacayo, who wrote the opening essay and profiled architect Greg Lynn, was the evangelical zeal of his subject, Lynn, who has a degree in philosophy as well as one in architecture. "He's a very animated talker, really a proselytizer." Senior editor Belinda Luscombe found herself fascinated with the social consciousness of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has made ingenious use of cardboard to build elegant homes for refugees. Senior reporter Daniel S. Levy writes about landscape architect Julie Bargmann, who turns industrial wastelands into places of beauty while preserving their gritty heritage. Says...
...ROLL Who knew transportation could prove this inspiring? The subject figured in both candidates' passel of proposals this week. As in the past, Al Gore outdid his Republican opponent, perhaps to make up for lagging poll numbers. Both men will have to pick up the pace, however, to meet our goal by election time...
...Paterniti resorts to rehashing a few well-known biographical details about Einstein, musing about the (yawn) magic of the road and relating the minutiae of his girlfriend trouble, all seemingly to stretch his tale to book length. Driving Mr. Albert's best recurring joke is that Harvey changes the subject whenever the author asks to pop off the Tupperware lid so that he can see the floating brainy bits for himself. If only Paterniti had been as persistent about getting inside the head of his living passenger...
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