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Apparently it's easier to make a mouse talk than to come up with something interesting for him to say (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ).
Kenneth Turan works for the Los Angeles times.
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Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.
Scalia is a Supreme court justice.
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I e-mailed all three galleries, asking them to explain the disparity in their prices.
I got in contact with the three galleries so they can explain their price differences.
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Both are actors who involved themselves in politics.
The actors are of european descent.
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Newsweek 's cover story hails the success of the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble never featured in Newsweek.
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President Clinton, comparing the negotiations to those over the 1996 welfare bill, signaled that he will accept a compromise plan.
Clinton compared the negotiations over the 1996 welfare bill.
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This Johnny was just a wig and a smear of lipstick on a clenched fist, but he made Seeor Wences that rarest of performers, a genuinely funny ventriloquist.
Seeor Wences is the best ventriloquist that exists.
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Why didn't Ellison finish--or publish--the book?
Ellison never worked on writing a book.
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Remember when he looked us in the eye?
He looks us in the eye frequently.
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The Taliban is both a product of and a reaction to the civil war that has gripped Afghanistan since the demise of the Soviet-backed regime in 1992.
There has been a civil war going on in Afghanistan for around 3 decades.
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He Moves in Mysterious Proving himself as adept with a parable as with a football, Rep.
The parable clearly relayed its moral to the audience.
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An article chronicles the aborted return of offbeat television.
Offbeat television has always been the completely successful.
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But anti-Semitism permeated Nazi ideology, and Finkelstein is deaf to its nuances.
Finkelstein is resistant to anti-Semitism.
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Pour coffee into Christopher Hitchens until he's sober enough to finish his cover story, 'Friendship.
There's nothing that will sober up Christopher Hitchens.
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8) The common currency will help global corporations while stripping each European nation of its power to make its own destiny.
It is best to centralize the power held against the European nations.
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TV is the most important medium for conveying history.
TV is significant in providing history to viewers.
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European national leaders know they've got to tackle their deficits, but none of them wants the heat for cutting featherbedding or generous social-payment systems.
European national leaders think cutting social payment is the best way to tackle deficits.
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Once considered a model of social scientific method and a source of broad insights into the way people live, the discipline had become directionless, intellectually moribund, and hopelessly overspecialized, with departments across the country scaling back or disappearing altogether.
The departments are thriving in number with more locations opening each and everyday.
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He's making himself a positive role model for kids and displaying the leadership for which the American people are hungering.
The American people are hungry for leadership.
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But in fact the money quickly disappeared, as speculators--certainly including the oligarchs themselves--converted rubles into dollars as fast as the dollars became available.
The speculators are mostly young men.
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Nothing in Siegel's work could explain this perception.
Siegel did not write or propose anything to clarify this viewpoint.
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Lind means to debunk minimal realism, the argument that the United States should do only those things in the world that it really has to do, because the great evils it must avoid are overextension and overcommitment.
Lind believes in minimal realism.
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If no one needs you, what good are you, and what are you here for?
You are useless for many reasons.
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And the last thing Bradley can afford is to look like a strategist.
Bradley dresses up in business suits.
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If slightness in a Library of America volume is a mark of esteem, Kerr can be assured that the two svelte books she reviewed, at under a thousand pages each, accord Gertrude Stein a measure of honor beyond mere inclusion in the series.
Kerr has reviewed more than one book.
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They're regular old spending that Republicans happen not to like, such as support for the International Monetary Fund and highway demonstration projects in Democratic districts.
Republicans didn't like this kind of spending, much like they don't like the IMF or highway demonstration projects.
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One problem, among many, is that most people's living rooms aren't Carnegie Hall; as a result, the music just sounds muddy.
Private homes can't offer the same acoustics of a large venue.
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He makes TV commercials in London.
He makes TV commercials exclusively in America.
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Still, yours is certainly an arguable position, which we can discuss sometime.
There is no merit whatsoever to your position.
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In fact, the immediate result of the trials was to widen the breach between Haywood (who became increasingly radical) and his more cautious WFM associates (who wound up pulling back from the revolutionary IWW).
The WFM associates are not as aligned with the IWW as they previously were.
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Zercher says Lindsey called her and urged her to say all positive things about her experiences.
Lindsey implored Zercher say nothing but positive things.
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Mixed reviews for the Broadway debut of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Horton Foote's play has never appeared on Broadway, only showing at small local theaters.
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TP had to read yesterday's WP twice before noticing that key members of the Post editorial staff are apparently suffering the cerebral ill effects of too much exposure to brightly colored polyester.
The editorial staff are seriously ill.
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We have some very tough laws against gun violence in Texas, and federal law with its mandatory sentences is tough as well.
Most people follow the tough gun laws in Texas.
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Ultimately, what I say in my defense is completely meaningless.
I was forced to defend myself.
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In the beginning there was a great tortoisewho supported the world.
It was the biggest tortoise that ever lived.
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This threatens to become a modern version of the McCarran-Walter Act, which was used during the Cold War to exclude lefty writers and intellectuals.
This is a pressing issue for this session of Congress.
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We would have relevant professionals--scientists, accountants, engineers, forensic specialists--decide all criminal cases.
The professionals are all of Asian descent.
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So if we really want to pull every possible moral out of our story, we should think about the other people whose interests are at stake when you decide to buy a house.
There are moral issues when buying a house.
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So while the colors may fade less, your detergent is also cleaning less.
There is a connection between how much the colors fade and how well the detergent is cleaning.
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First, they should deliver maximum moral benefit at minimum practical cost.
They should not cost themselves money but still offer 100% moral commitment.
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And they don't need to--the 13 missiles they supposedly have aimed at the United States have always been judged capable of hitting U.S. cities by the Pentagon (though China's difficulty in commercial launches casts doubt on the Pentagon's assessment).
The Pentagon's assessment is updated annually in case armed conflict occurs in the region.
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Why do allergies afflict an increasing number of victims if they serve no useful purpose?
The number of people affected by allergies is rising.
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But Wellstone favors Kosovo intervention to stop the Holocaust-like atrocities occurring there.
Wellstone would rather a have a military intervention take place to stop human rights violations.
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Like my real name couldn't be Pierre LeCluck.
My real name is Pierre LeCluck
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That is the feeling that makes the children take out the broken tea pot and empty jam tin.
The tea pot is broken and the jam is gone.
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) to keep him out of their way.
Some wanted him kept away.
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Sticking ice axes in the sides of mountains is a pretty stupid way to get to 29,000 feet as well.
The author considers the means by which mountains are claimed to be stupid.
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He can drop the pretense that he's nonpartisan.
He is completely impartial, supporting neither side more than the other.
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Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.
The mother was suppose to be distinct.
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Tripp protests that she made the tapes to protect herself because Lewinsky was pressuring her to lie in the Paula Jones case.
Lewinsky had too much to lose, so she blackmailed Tripp.
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American soldiers gave her a drink and poured water over her.
The soldiers were from North America.
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Does this mean that you will be happier when the information comes out?
The information is not coming out.
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But (as Stein pointed out in the Committee), every dollar Social Security invests privately, instead of lending to the Treasury (as happens now), is an extra dollar the government must borrow from private capital markets to finance the national debt.
This means Social Security is insolvent and should be abandoned.
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An article accuses the press of overlooking John McCain's domestic-policy gaffes.
The article stated that the press kept constant watch on John McCain's domestic-policy mistakes.
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For instance, suppose you are buying a Beanie Baby for your little brother or a discounted airline ticket to Cabo San Lucas.
Beanie babies can no longer be purchased.
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I will involve them in after-school programs, maternity group homes, prison fellowships, and drug treatment programs.
There are no resources to help people fighting their drug addictions.
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Slate's Ann Hulbert says Hochschild overstates her The truth is that home hasn't suddenly become work.
Ann Hulbert thinks Hochschild exaggerates her point.
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Dr. Arroway (Foster) explains herself to Joss (McConaughey).
Dr. Arroway and Joss are acquainted.
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Campaigns do not come much more ruinous than Saddam's 1980 invasion of Iran or his occupation of Kuwait a decade later.
Saddam invaded Iran.
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our casual voodoo the pleasure to give pain that gives pleasure of pain, unmerited, cruel, free creation
our voodoo is peaceful and does not work to harm anyone.
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To return to the discussion, my favorite response is I'm told I'm great!
The author is often out of discussions and need to get back.
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Previous generations bore scars from all sorts of non-life-threatening diseases, the stuff everyone picked up as a baby.
No harm was caused to people as a result of diseases that did not threaten others lives.
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Newsweek looks at how children deal with A child who has lost a parent feels helpless, even if he's a future King of England; abandoned, even in a palace with a million citizens wailing at the gates.
Losing a parent can be hard on children.
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But I begin to see in the public's indifference to the myriad accusations of presidential adultery that Weisberg speaks for the majority.
The president had a spotless reputation.
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But just between you and me, it's really bad.
Between the two, they gossip about other people's problems.
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The addition of Chrysler may help change that approach, but how remains to be seen.
Chrysler being added has changed the approach.
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How can you be sure your programs are safe?
I think your programs are a danger to people everywhere.
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By abandoning macroeconomics the profession not only leaves the world without guidance it desperately needs
Macroeconomics can help the world.
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Reciting Bradley's votes for the Reagan budget cuts, against welfare reform, and against the use force in the Persian Gulf, Gore asks, Would you vote differently on any of those three votes if you had it to do over again?
Bradley would have voted differently in one of those cases if given a second chance to do so.
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John Conyers, D-Mich., have used the Hale case to call for Starr's resignation.
John Conyers stated he has never heard of the Hale case.
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She says, Have a nice day.
She didn't mean what she said.
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They called it the suicide package.
It is known as a suicide package.
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Fred Thompson (who will chair the investigation), and campaign reform.
Fred Thompson has the position of chairman for the investigation.
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The New York Times list is the industry standard.
the list from The New York Times is the hallmark to follow.
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(Watch previews and join The Odyssey chat on NBC's site.)
NBC will be airing The Odyssey at 8 pm.
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Shuman's Second Law of Computational Dynamics suggests so.
Shuman's Second Law was created specifically for situations like this.
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Is this reasonable caution or self-important delight in martial law?
It is resonable caution when it comes to martial law.
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The primary purpose of this conversation is not to convey any specific information.
The purpose of the conversation was to give a summary.
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But let's get Does the diagnosis of sex addiction make sense?
The psychiatrist was contemplating another, less severe prognosis.
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That in the process she had learned what makes the locals tick--as well as a language known to few, if any, CIA officials--was of no Her chances of being hired would have been much better if she had remained celibate in Salt Lake City.
she became accustomed to what made the locals tick.
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Edward Murphy, but Commander (later Admiral ) Joseph M. Murph Murphy.
Joseph M. Murph Murphy is an Admiral.
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What the press can do is cover leaking more aggressively.
The press is incapable of changing anything they do in any situation.
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These AUs, usually identified by the facial muscles that perform these various tasks, are the tools used in What the Face Reveals . (To look at a few examples, click here and here.)
There is only one muscle in the face.
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Bill Gates realized it would be more efficient if all computers, regardless of manufacturer, ran the same system (which is why he's the richest man in America today).
Bill Gates prioritized efficiency.
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But anti-Semitism permeated Nazi ideology, and Finkelstein is deaf to its nuances.
If you're a Nazi, you're like an anti-Semite.
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The effect of these stories from the nether regions of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy has been like crying wolf.
The stories are all exaggerated pieces.
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If you can find a way to deal with and improve their relationship, what she calls him will become a moot point.
There is no salvaging their relationship after what she called him.
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Instead, Bradley repudiates the word.
Bradley claims the word is correct and agrees completely.
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We're prejudging this thing [when we say] it doesn't meet the standard of the high crimes and misdemeanors.
Unfortunately, the threshold for prosecuting high crimes is incredibly high.
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Burn How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet ,by Michael Wolff (Simon & Schuster).
Michael Wolff's inspiration for the book was from their observations in the dot-com era.
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The Washington Post 's front-page story notes, Gore has gone to great lengths to conceal Wolf's role.
Gore is mentioned on the front page.
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The heir to what was once the world's largest private oil fortune received his British passport in the week before Christmas and immediately revoked his US nationality, the newspaper said.
The man is still a US citizen.
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It's a ballot box, he says.
The box is not made for ballots.
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Pretty serious perjury time [looks at his watch].
The perjury time isn't always serious.
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The cover story journeys to HMO hell.
There is no such thing as HMO hell, it's just a legend.
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They assure the readers that they, like most economists and finance people, have their retirement savings in stocks.
Most economists have bonds as well as stocks.
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What does this calendar tell us about the Spice Girls?
There is a calendar about the Spice Girls.
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Let's take video games as an example.
Video games is used to explain.
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Someone has to absorb the loss.
A loss is always absorbed by someone.
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