Word: appearently
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...Princeton and Penn are the two teams that are always at the top because of their numbers, depth and quality athletes," Ciollo said. "This is the first year of my four that on paper, we appear to be of a similar caliber...
What sets Blake, King, Burton and Seton aside from the rest of the candidates, making some appear like extraneous peons in tow? Is there a reason for relegating seven perfectly legitimate candidates to a second-tier position? And if there is, why was it not discussed in the article? JONATHAN GRUENHUT...
...legislation in American society has proved nearly impossible. Politicians who attempt to strengthen gun laws only end up strengthening their opponents' wallets. In the face of such a formidable lobby, civil law suits are the government's only option to control the flow of guns. Lawsuits allow politicians to appear tough on crime while in reality passing the buck onto the court system. They hope that targeted companies will lose large enough verdicts so that the monetary interests of manufacturers fall in line with their moral responsibilities...
Starr's pining for the quiet life was part of his attempt to appear inoffensive, just a purveyor of evidence who is eager to retreat from Washington's partisan wars. And to the extent that he remained genial and G-rated throughout most of the day, mentioning the words sex and sexual only four times in his opening remarks and prefacing his comments deferentially with "you may disagree with me," or "I want to be fair," he succeeded. But presenting himself as the Mister Rogers of the Washington legal elite did not aid Starr in his bigger task--persuading anyone...
Clinton's latest moves at least have the virtue of making the U.S. appear busy: pressing aggressive inspections, organizing a political opposition, plotting covert action, "preparing the battlefield" for insurrection. But the results are all too likely to prove insignificant when it turns out you can't cheaply subcontract a coup or ever track down 100% of Saddam's terror arsenal...