Word: arrays
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...Pulitzer judges also cited an Inquirer series called "Disorder in the Court," which exposed an array of abuses in the Philadelphia court system. Three reporters, Daniel R. Biddle, H.G. Bissinger and Fredric N. Tulsky, spent more than two years pursuing the story. Their findings led the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to assume control of the troubled local court system last April. The gold medal for public service went to a series by Pittsburgh Press Reporters Andrew Schneider and Matthew Brelis that exposed inadequate FAA screening of airline pilots for drug abuse and other medical problems...
...offers welcome dollops of topical (if frequently toothless) political satire. Freshest of all is the engaging It's Garry Shandling's Show on Showtime, an unexpected hit that has just won a renewal for three more years. Meanwhile, the Cinemax Comedy Experiment has served as the umbrella for an array of inventive comedy specials. The best so far this year: Chris Elliott's Action Family, which skewered the cliches of two TV genres, private-eye dramas and sitcoms, by yoking them into one ludicrously mismatched half hour...
...cost of $4.4 billion, the tunnel would be the priciest scientific instrument ever built. Is it worth it? The answer -- from the array of Governors, particle physicists, academicians and university officials lining up for congressional hearings this week to speak in favor of the appropriation of a $36 million down payment for the superconducting supercollider -- is yes, yes, 4.4 billion times...
Being a celebrity mayor has its drawbacks. Local Merchant Paul Laub, an unsuccessful candidate against Eastwood last year, has renamed the basement of his store Clintville and sells a dizzying array of Eastwood schlock, including a brief, amateurish video at $19.95 and women's underpants inscribed with a suggestive message. "I've asked him to stop," says Eastwood. "Unfortunately, it's been a gold mine to him." Crows Laub, who says he will embark on a two-month vacation in England after a three-month stay in Hawaii: "Who do you think really won the election...
Last week leaflets appeared on the University of Michigan's campus at Ann Arbor. Their message: GET YOUR BLACK ASSES BACK TO AFRICA. Like a poisonous weed, that sentiment has sprouted in various forms at campuses across the U.S. as an upsurge of racism has shocked and embarrassed an array of institutions...